2.2 —
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Geelong (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Geelong (Western Victoria)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Geelong (Western Victoria) are couples with children. The area has a high number of small households, with people living alone being much more common here than in most similar areas.
2.2
—
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Geelong (Western Victoria) — lower than 90% of areas.
| Geelong (Western Victoria) | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 34.3% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Geelong (Western Victoria) holds only 2.2 people, a number that has edged down since 2016.
34.3% —
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Geelong (Western Victoria) splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.1% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%. This figure fell slightly from 16.2% in 2016.
15.1% —
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Geelong (Western Victoria), Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Geelong (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23308/geelong/topic/family-households