2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ranceby · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 60.8% of families in Ranceby, making them the most common household type. The area has a higher proportion of people living alone than most similar places, while one-parent families are far less common than the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ranceby — higher than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Ranceby holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the Victorian figure of 2.5. Around 27.6% of households are people living alone, a rate a little above the Australian average of 25.6%.
2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
27.6% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Ranceby, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (19%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 4.1% of the community, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. Other families are non-existent here, with the rest of the area consisting of couples with or without children.
4.1% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Ranceby, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Ranceby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22138/ranceby/topic/family-households