2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer one-parent families live in Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads than in most other Australian areas. Only 10.4% of families fit this description, which is well below the national figure. This trend is part of a broader shift toward more stable family structures in the area over the last decade.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in the area typically hold 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas. The number of people living alone has fallen to 23.2%, a figure slightly below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
23.2% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.9%. One-parent families account for just 10.4% of the total, a rate that has fallen 7.9 percentage points since 2011.
10.4% ▼ -43.1%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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 Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212004/ocean-grove-barwon-heads/topic/family-households