2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shoreham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shoreham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Shoreham, where just 2.1 people live in the typical home. This is a bit lower than the figure for Victoria and Australia, reflecting a community with a high number of people living alone.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Shoreham — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 29% of people live by themselves, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 48.3% of all households.
28.7% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shoreham, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up half of the families here, while one-parent families are much less common than in most areas. At 5.9%, this is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
5.9% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shoreham, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 44%.
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 Shoreham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22279/shoreham/topic/family-households