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St Leonards - Indented Head

Household type

In St Leonards - Indented Head, 15.9% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 17.6% in Geelong.

St Leonards - Indented Head'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, St Leonards - Indented Head'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
St Leonards - Indented Head - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Geelong %Number%Geelong %2016 to 2021
Couples with children37215.917.626915.718.6+103
Couples without children89738.227.059634.926.1+301
One parent families1737.45.51307.66.3+43
Other families261.11.250.31.0+21
Group household522.26.5502.96.4+2
Lone person64927.735.150829.732.4+141
Other not classifiable household1034.43.8734.35.5+30
Visitor only households753.23.4774.53.6-2
Total households2,347100.0100.01,708100.0100.0+639
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 St Leonards - Indented Head in 2021 compared to Geelong shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 15.9% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 7.4% were one-parent families, compared with 17.6% and 5.5% respectively for Geelong.

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 27.7% compared to 35.1% in Geelong while the proportion of couples without children was 38.2% compared to 27.0% in Geelong.

Emerging groups

The number of households in St Leonards - Indented Head increased by 639 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in St Leonards - Indented Head between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+301 households)
  • Lone person (+141 households)
  • Couples with children (+103 households)

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