2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Werribee South · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Werribee South
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in Werribee South than in the rest of Victoria. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical home size of just 2.1 people, which is smaller than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 Werribee South — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 35% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average. This shift is reflected in the typical household size, which has fallen from 2.5 people in 2011 to 2.1 today.
35.0% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Werribee South, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the bulk of families here, with 45.7% raising children and 41.5% without. One-parent families account for 12.3%, which is a little below the Victorian average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
12.3% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Werribee South splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 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 Werribee South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221080/werribee-south/topic/family-households