Red Cliffs · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Red Cliffs

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Red Cliffs are couples with children. This creates a balanced mix of home sizes, though a higher than usual number of residents live by themselves compared to most other areas.

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Where Red Cliffs sits — Average household size

2.5 → 0.0%
  • 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 Red Cliffs — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Red Cliffs2.5
3496, VIC 2.5
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Red Cliffs has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, people living alone make up 28.1% of households, a figure a little above the Australian average of 25.6%.

2.5 → 0.0%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.1% ▼ -0.6%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 28.3%
  • 2016: 28.2%
  • 2021: 28.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Red Cliffs, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children are the most common family type at 55%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, making up 15.6% of the total, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.

15.6% ▼ -7.5%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.9%
  • 2016: 16.8%
  • 2021: 15.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Red Cliffs, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Red Cliffs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22147/red-cliffs/topic/family-households