2.6 —
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Remainder of State/Territory
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in the Remainder of State/Territory (Vic.) compared to the rest of the country. This region is defined by larger home groups, with the typical household containing 2.6 people, which is slightly higher than the national figure.
2.6
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- 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 Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 21% of people live alone here, a figure well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria. Most homes are occupied by two people, accounting for 39.8% of all households.
21.0% —
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 8.6% of the total, which is well below the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type, representing 57.7% of the group.
8.6% —
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL231001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households