2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Anglesea · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Anglesea
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Anglesea, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.5. The community is largely made up of two-person households, which account for 43.4% of all homes.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Anglesea — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.5% of people live alone, a figure slightly above the Victorian average of 25.9%. The typical number of people per home has edged down since 2011, and nearly half of all households now consist of just two people.
28.5% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Anglesea, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 7.6% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, and it stands in contrast to the 48.6% of families that are couples with children.
7.6% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Anglesea, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (43%) and One-parent families (8%).
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 Anglesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215003/anglesea/topic/family-households