Raymond Island · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Raymond Island

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people per home than almost any similar area makes Raymond Island a place of small households. Most homes here are occupied by just one or two people, with 37.1% of residents living alone.

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📍 Raymond Island, Suburb / Locality

Where Raymond Island sits — Average household size

1.8 ▼ -10.0%
  • 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 Raymond Island — lower than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Raymond Island1.8
3880, VIC 2.0
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 1.8 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, which are far more common here than across Victoria.

1.8 ▼ -10.0%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.1% ▲ +21.0%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 30.7%
  • 2016: 38.3%
  • 2021: 37.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Raymond Island, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 3 people (8%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the vast majority of families at 69.5%. In contrast, one-parent families are much lower than in most areas, at just 6.3%.

6.3% ▼ -13.4%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.3%
  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 6.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Raymond Island, Couples without children is the majority at 69%; Couples with children is next at 24%.

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 Raymond Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22145/raymond-island/topic/family-households