Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers
Household type
In Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers, 26.9% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 33.7% in Tyabb.
Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.
To continue building the story, Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.
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Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
Households
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| Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers - Total households (Enumerated) | 2021 | 1996 | Change | |||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Tyabb % | Number | % | Tyabb % | 1996 to 2021 | |
 Couples with children | 550 | 26.9 | 33.7 | 439 | 34.3 | 49.9 | +111 | 19500 |
| Couples without children | 693 | 33.9 | 27.7 | 349 | 27.2 | 24.3 | +344 | 19501 |
| One parent families | 139 | 6.8 | 13.2 | 106 | 8.3 | 8.5 | +33 | 19502 |
| Other families | 11 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 15 | 1.2 | 0.6 | -4 | 19503 |
| Group household | 21 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 43 | 3.4 | 2.1 | -22 | 19504 |
| Lone person | 430 | 21.1 | 20.0 | 283 | 22.1 | 12.5 | +147 | 19505 |
| Other not classifiable household | 100 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 10 | 0.8 | 1.4 | +89 | 19506 |
| Visitor only households | 98 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 34 | 2.7 | 0.6 | +64 | 19507 |
| Total households | 2,042 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,281 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +761 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 1996 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers in 2021 compared to Tyabb shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 26.9% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 6.8% were one-parent families, compared with 33.7% and 13.2% respectively for Tyabb.
There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 21.1% compared to 20.0% in Tyabb while the proportion of couples without children was 33.9% compared to 27.7% in Tyabb.
Emerging groups
The number of households in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers increased by 761 between 1996 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers between 1996 and 2021 were:
- Couples without children (+344 households)
- Lone person (+147 households)
- Couples with children (+111 households)