1.7 —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melbourne CBD - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Melbourne CBD - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few other areas like Melbourne CBD - North have such a high proportion of small households. This is a place where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person. It stands out for having very few large families compared to the rest of the state.
1.7
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- 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 Melbourne CBD - North — lower than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds only 1.7 people, which is well below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 47.7% of people live alone, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
47.7% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Melbourne CBD - North, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (41%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples without children, making up 63.2% of the total. Only 8.5% are one-parent families, which is well below the 14.1% national average.
8.5% —
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melbourne CBD - North, Couples without children is the majority at 63%; Couples with children is next at 16%.
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 CBD - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041504/melbourne-cbd-north/topic/family-households