2.6 ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wurruk · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wurruk
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp 18 percentage point drop in people living alone has changed the face of Wurruk since 2011. The area now sees more people sharing homes, with the typical household size climbing from 2.1 to 2.6 people over the decade. This shift has made the community feel more crowded than most similar areas.
2.6
▲ +23.8%
- 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 Wurruk — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes have two people, and the number of people per home is now slightly higher than the national figure of 2.5. Only 20.9% of residents live alone, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
20.9% ▼ -46.5%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wurruk, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group here at 58.7%. One-parent families account for 13.1% of the total, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is now a little below the national average.
13.1% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wurruk, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Wurruk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215094/wurruk/topic/family-households