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Mornington Peninsula ShireCommunity profile

Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie

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In Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie, 12.8% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 26.2% in Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie'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, Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie'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)?'

Household type
Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie - Total households (Enumerated)20212001Change
Households by typeNumber%Mornington Peninsula Shire %Number%Mornington Peninsula Shire %2001 to 2021
Couples with children37312.826.230816.629.8+65
Couples without children1,06636.529.665035.029.1+416
One parent families1113.89.81186.49.9-7
Other families180.60.7120.60.7+6
Group household250.91.7251.32.10
Lone person72824.925.760132.323.8+127
Other not classifiable household1816.23.7653.53.3+116
Visitor only households42114.42.6794.31.3+342
Total households2,923100.0100.01,858100.0100.0+1,065
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie in 2021 compared to Mornington Peninsula Shire shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 12.8% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 3.8% were one-parent families, compared with 26.2% and 9.8% respectively for Mornington Peninsula Shire.

There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 24.9% compared to 25.7% in Mornington Peninsula Shire while the proportion of couples without children was 36.5% compared to 29.6% in Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie increased by 1,065 between 2001 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie between 2001 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+416 households)
  • Lone person (+127 households)
  • Couples with children (+65 households)

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