2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Alexander · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Mount Alexander
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of people living alone than most similar areas define the domestic landscape of Mount Alexander. This trend has contributed to a small household size, with a typical home now holding 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Alexander — lower than 86% of areas.
| Mount Alexander | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One third of all households are people living alone, a figure well above the national 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here has 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
33.2% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Alexander, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples with children, while 37.9% are couples without. One-parent families make up 14.2% of the total, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
14.2% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Alexander, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Mount Alexander [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25430/mount-alexander/topic/family-households