1.8 ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.3
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wye River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wye River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Wye River are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out for its small household sizes, with very few children or single-parent families living here compared to the rest of the state.
1.8
▼ -10.0%
- 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 Wye River — lower than 91% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has only 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 46.2% of residents live alone, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
46.2% ▲ +34.0%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wye River, 1 person is the majority at 60%; 2 people is next at 40%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is mostly centered on couples, while one-parent families are completely absent. This 0.0% figure is far below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wye River, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 47%.
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 Wye River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22881/wye-river/topic/family-households