2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Vectis · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Vectis
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than two people typically share a home in Vectis, reflecting a strong trend toward larger households over the last decade. This sparsely populated area is defined by a high proportion of families, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Vectis — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Vectis holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 13.1% of people live alone, a figure far below both the Victorian and national averages.
13.1% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Vectis, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 1 person (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 70.2%. One-parent families account for only 8.1%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.1% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Vectis, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Vectis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22624/vectis/topic/family-households