2.3 ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Monash · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Monash
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp rise in people living alone has reshaped Monash since 2011. This shift has pushed the typical number of people in each home down to 2.3, which is much lower than most other areas. The landscape is now defined by a growing number of single-person households.
2.3
▼ -20.7%
- 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 Monash — lower than 86% of areas.
| Monash | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of residents now live alone, a figure that has jumped 14 points since 2011 and is well above the national rate of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 37.7%, contributing to a typical home size that is a little below the Victorian figure.
30.0% ▲ +89.9%
Higher than 83% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Monash, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.1% of families, while those without children account for 33.7%. One-parent families represent 14.3% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
14.3% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Monash, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED235/monash/topic/family-households