1.9 ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melbourne · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Melbourne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live together in Melbourne than in most similar areas, making it a place of small households. The typical home holds just 1.9 people, reflecting a strong shift toward solo living over the last decade.
1.9
▼ -32.1%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Melbourne — lower than 99% of areas.
| Melbourne | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, with 41% of people living alone. This is far above the national figure of 25.6% and represents a sharp rise from 2011, when only 17.1% lived alone.
41.0% ▲ +139.6%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Melbourne splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 48.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.9%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.9% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melbourne, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED233/melbourne/topic/family-households