2.1 ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smiths Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Smiths Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Smiths Beach than in the rest of the state. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size, with only 2.1 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. Most homes here are occupied by just one or two people.
2.1
▼ -19.2%
- 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 Smiths Beach — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 35.6% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the number of people per home has fallen from 2.6 in 2011 to 2.1 today.
35.6% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Smiths Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.2% of the area, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%. Most families here are couples, with 53.3% having children and 41.4% without.
6.2% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Smiths Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Smiths Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222085/smiths-beach/topic/family-households