2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boort · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Boort
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in Boort than in the rest of the state. This trend has grown over time, contributing to smaller household sizes overall. The typical home here is now smaller than those found across Victoria and Australia.
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 Boort — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 38.3% of residents live alone, a figure far above the national average. This has helped drive down the number of people per home to 2.1, which is lower than most areas and down from 2.3 in 2011.
38.3% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Boort splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.2% of the local total, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This proportion has remained steady since 2011, while couples with children are the most common family type at 42.3%.
18.2% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Boort splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 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 Boort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221008/boort/topic/family-households