2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Terip Terip · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 2.0 people per home makes Terip Terip a place where small households are the norm. This is well below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5, reflecting a community where many residents live in pairs or on their own.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Terip Terip — lower than 86% of areas.
Average household size.
Single-person homes are more common here than in most areas, making up 28.6% of the total. This contributes to the low typical household size, with 45.7% of homes containing just two people.
2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Terip Terip, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 34%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 69.2%. One-parent families make up 15.4% of the total, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
15.4% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Terip Terip, Couples without children is the majority at 68%; Couples with children is next at 17%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Terip Terip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22489/terip-terip/topic/family-households