2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Warrnambool · Urban Area
Family & Households in Warrnambool
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Warrnambool, where a high number of people live on their own. The typical home here holds just 2.3 people, which is lower than most other areas across the country.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Warrnambool — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.1% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size has dropped from 2.5 to 2.3 people over the last decade.
30.1% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Warrnambool, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 53.3%, while one-parent families account for 15.6%. This last group is a little above the Victorian and national figures, and has grown slightly since 2011.
15.6% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Warrnambool, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2021/warrnambool/topic/family-households