Safety Beach · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Safety Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people per home than in most similar areas makes Safety Beach a place of smaller living arrangements. While two-person households are the most common, the area has a high number of people living alone compared to other regions.

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📍 Safety Beach, Suburb / Locality

Where Safety Beach sits — Average household size

2.3 → 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 Safety Beach — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Safety Beach2.3
3936, VIC 2.2
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. About 26.7% of people live alone, a figure that is higher than most areas.

2.3 → 0.0%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.7% ▲ +8.4%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.6%
  • 2016: 24.5%
  • 2021: 26.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Safety Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 44.5% of families, while those without children account for 42.1%. One-parent families represent 13% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.

13.0% ▼ -3.7%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.5%
  • 2016: 11.2%
  • 2021: 13.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Safety Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 13%.

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 Safety Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22222/safety-beach/topic/family-households