2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Portland West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Portland West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Portland West than in most similar areas. This shift toward larger groups is seen in the fact that 59.6% of families are couples with children, creating a community where most households are family-based.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Portland West — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. Only 16% of residents live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.0% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Portland West, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 5.5%, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
5.5% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Portland West, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Portland West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22112/portland-west/topic/family-households