2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smiths Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Smiths Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all households in Smiths Beach are made up of people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This trend makes the area feel smaller and more quiet, with a typical home holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Smiths Beach — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here at 35.6%, a figure well above the Victorian average. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.1 people is a little below the national figure.
35.6% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Smiths Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.3% of families, while one-parent families are much less common here at 6.2%. This is well below both the state and national figures.
6.2% ▼ -61.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Smiths Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Smiths Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22294/smiths-beach/topic/family-households