2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Geelong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Geelong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of homes in South Geelong are occupied by people living alone, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person households means the area has fewer people per home than most other parts of the country.
2.2
→ 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 South Geelong — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is lower than the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 32.8% of residents living alone, a proportion much higher than in most other areas.
32.8% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Geelong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.2% of families, while one-parent families account for 13.8%. This last figure is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the state and national averages.
13.8% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Geelong, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 South Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22308/south-geelong/topic/family-households