2.3 ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria), representing 47.1% of all families. While families remain common, the area has seen a significant shift toward smaller households. This is most evident in the rising number of people living alone, which now accounts for nearly a third of all homes.
2.3
▼ -17.9%
- 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 Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) — lower than 86% of areas.
| Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More people are living alone here than in most other areas, with this figure rising 11 points since 2011 to reach 30.7%. Consequently, the typical home in Gippsland East holds just 2.3 people, which is a little below the state and national figures of 2.5.
30.7% ▲ +57.3%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria), the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children (47.1%) and couples without children (38.4%) are the most common family types. One-parent families make up 13.6% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.6% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria), the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23502/gippsland-east/topic/family-households