2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moonee Ponds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Moonee Ponds
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Moonee Ponds are couples with children. This makes it a strong family hub, though the overall household size has fallen over the last decade as more people move into smaller living arrangements.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Moonee Ponds — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Moonee Ponds are smaller than most, with a typical size of 2.2 people. This trend is driven by a high number of people living alone, which reached 34.5% in 2021—well above the national figure of 25.6%.
34.5% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Moonee Ponds splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.4% of the total, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%. Most families here are couples, whether they have children (57.5%) or not (31.2%).
9.4% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moonee Ponds, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Moonee Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206031116/moonee-ponds/topic/family-households