2.2 ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Portland · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Portland
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Portland are just one person, which helps explain why homes here are smaller than the national figure. The area has seen a shift toward smaller living arrangements, with the typical number of people per home falling to 2.2 since 2011.
2.2
▼ -18.5%
- 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 Portland — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.4% of people in Portland live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen by 13 points over the last decade. Consequently, the typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.5.
33.4% ▲ +63.6%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Portland splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the local total, which is well above both the state and national figures. This has seen a notable increase since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 45.5%.
18.1% ▲ +72.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Portland, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213012/portland/topic/family-households