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Lakes Entrance

Household type

In Lakes Entrance, 16.2% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 13.7% in Paynesville.

Lakes Entrance'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, Lakes Entrance'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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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Lakes Entrance - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Paynesville %Number%Paynesville %2016 to 2021
Couples with children62816.213.768319.416.6-56
Couples without children1,18230.442.81,05830.039.9+124
One parent families3689.56.53179.05.9+50
Other families210.50.6180.50.3+3
Group household922.42.4872.52.1+4
Lone person1,21431.229.71,01628.828.6+198
Other not classifiable household2837.31.72436.94.5+39
Visitor only households982.52.61053.02.2-7
Total households3,886100.0100.03,531100.0100.0+355
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Lakes Entrance in 2021 compared to Paynesville shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 16.2% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 9.5% were one-parent families, compared with 13.7% and 6.5% respectively for Paynesville.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 31.2% compared to 29.7% in Paynesville while the proportion of couples without children was 30.4% compared to 42.8% in Paynesville.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Lakes Entrance increased by 355 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Lakes Entrance between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Lone person (+198 households)
  • Couples without children (+124 households)
  • Couples with children (-56 households)
  • One parent families (+50 households)

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