2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Geelong · Urban Area
Family & Households in Geelong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people have lived alone in Geelong since 2011, contributing to a slight rise in the number of residents sharing each home. The area now has a typical household size of 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Geelong — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 27% of people here live alone, which is lower than in most areas. Two-person homes are the most common at 34.3%, followed by one-person households at 27%.
27.0% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Geelong, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families at 56.8%. One-parent families account for 14.1%, a figure that is much lower than in most areas and has fallen since 2011.
14.1% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Geelong, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2008/geelong/topic/family-households