2.4 —
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Geelong · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Geelong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Higher household sizes than most similar areas define Geelong, where a typical home holds 2.4 people. While family life is common, there is also a notable number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
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- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Geelong — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29.5% of people live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. The most common household size is two people, making up 32.9% of all homes.
29.5% —
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Geelong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 55.6%. One-parent families make up 16.0% of the total, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
16.0% —
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Geelong, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
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/ucl/UCL203003/geelong/topic/family-households