2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Morwell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Morwell
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Morwell compared to the rest of the state. This trend contributes to smaller households, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. These figures reflect a community with a distinct profile of single-person living and single-parent families.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Morwell — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 38% of people here live alone, a figure far above the Victorian average of 26%. This has kept the typical household size at 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure and has barely changed since 2011.
37.7% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Morwell splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.1% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This represents one of the highest proportions for this family type among similar areas.
25.1% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Morwell, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Morwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205041096/morwell/topic/family-households