2.3 —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria)
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person homes shapes daily life in Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria), where 30% of households consist of one person. This is well above the national figure and contributes to a smaller typical household size than in most other areas.
2.3
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- 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 Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) — lower than 86% of areas.
| Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 30% of people living alone, Ovens Valley has a much higher rate of single-person homes than most areas. This helps explain why the typical home holds just 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
30.0% —
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria), the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families here are couples with children, while 35.2% are couples without. One-parent families make up 13.8% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.8% —
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria), Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26504/ovens-valley/topic/family-households