2.3 ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Surf Beach - Sunderland Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Surf Beach - Sunderland Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Surf Beach - Sunderland Bay (L) are couples with children. This small area has a mix of family types, though it has seen a significant rise in people living alone over the last decade.
2.3
▼ -23.3%
- 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 Surf Beach - Sunderland Bay — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.3% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This represents a 20 percentage point increase since 2011, contributing to a drop in the typical home size from 3.0 to 2.3 people.
30.3% ▲ +195.2%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Surf Beach - Sunderland Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.0% of the local total, a figure well above both Victoria and Australia. This proportion has risen by 9.3 percentage points since 2011.
18.0% ▲ +107.2%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Surf Beach - Sunderland Bay, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (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 Surf Beach - Sunderland Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221069/surf-beach-sunderland-bay/topic/family-households