2.3 ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Red Cliffs · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Red Cliffs
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living arrangements in Red Cliffs have shifted significantly, with a growing number of people now living on their own. One in three residents lives alone, while the typical home is smaller than those seen across Victoria and Australia.
2.3
▼ -20.7%
- 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 Red Cliffs — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A striking 32.9% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen 15 points since 2011. Because of this, the typical number of people per home has dropped from 2.9 in 2011 to 2.3 today.
32.9% ▲ +79.9%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Red Cliffs splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.3% of the area, which is much higher than most other places and well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This has seen a sharp increase of 9.8 points since 2011.
21.3% ▲ +84.9%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Red Cliffs, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Red Cliffs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215070/red-cliffs/topic/family-households