Ranceby · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Ranceby

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.

Open map →
📍 Ranceby, Suburb / Locality

Where Ranceby sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Ranceby — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Ranceby2.7
3951, VIC 2.6
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.6%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 18.5%
  • 2021: 27.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

View on map →

In Ranceby, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (19%).

Families

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.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

View on map →

In Ranceby, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 39%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Ranceby

Cite this page

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