2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Portarlington - St Leonards · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Portarlington - St Leonards
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living together in Portarlington - St Leonards than they were in 2011. This area now has a typical household size of 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure. It is a place where small households are common, with nearly half of all homes housing just two people.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Portarlington - St Leonards — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are typical here, with 47.9% containing two people and 31.6% housing just one person. This rate of people living alone is well above the Victorian average, while the overall number of people per home has fallen since 2011.
31.6% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Portarlington - St Leonards, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families here are couples without children, making up 51.1% of the total. One-parent families make up 11.4% of the mix, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen by 4.7 points since 2011.
11.4% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Portarlington - St Leonards, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 Portarlington - St Leonards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214018/portarlington-st-leonards/topic/family-households