2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ventnor · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ventnor
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Ventnor live alone, contributing to a small typical household size. This makes the area stand out as a place where a large portion of the population lives independently or in small pairs.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Ventnor — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that nearly half of all households consist of just two people, and 30.2% of residents live alone—a figure well above the Victorian average.
30.2% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ventnor, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 47.5%, followed closely by couples with children at 43.2%. One-parent families account for 10.7% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.7% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ventnor splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Ventnor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22625/ventnor/topic/family-households