2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ventnor · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Ventnor
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Ventnor than in the state or national averages. This small community has a distinct household profile where nearly half of all homes are occupied by couples without children.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Ventnor — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Ventnor are smaller than usual, with typically 2.1 people per dwelling. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5 and has edged down since 2011.
30.4% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ventnor, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families here at 49.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 11.8% of the total, which is a little below the Victorian average and has fallen since 2011.
11.8% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ventnor, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Ventnor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221075/ventnor/topic/family-households