2.5 ▼ -3.8%
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Victoria · State / Territory
Family & Households in Victoria
How families and households are made up across the area.
Roughly 60% of families in Victoria are couples with children, making this the most common family type. The state's household patterns largely mirror national trends, with a typical home holding 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 2.4: 3 areas
- 2.5: 4 areas
- 2.6: 1 area
- 2.7: 0 areas
- 2.8: 1 area
All state / territory areas, 2021. The marker is Victoria.
| Victoria | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Victoria holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure and slightly down from 2011. One-person households have increased to 25.9%, a figure slightly higher than most other areas.
25.9% ▲ +5.7%
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Victoria, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.3% of the total, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
13.3% ▼ -1.9%
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Victoria, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Victoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/2/victoria/topic/family-households