2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Seaspray · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Seaspray
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen Seaspray move toward a higher proportion of single-person homes. The area is now defined by a very high number of people living alone, with 36.5% of households consisting of just one person.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Seaspray — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with a typical home holding 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because the share of people living alone is far above the Victorian average.
36.5% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Seaspray splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of families are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 13.1% of the total. This figure for single parents is higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the state average.
13.1% ▼ -36.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Seaspray, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (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 Seaspray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22251/seaspray/topic/family-households