2.0 —
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Melbourne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in North Melbourne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty per cent of people in North Melbourne live alone, making this one of the most common living arrangements in the area. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household is much smaller than across Victoria and Australia.
2.0
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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 North Melbourne — lower than 93% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 40.5% of people living alone, the number of residents per home in North Melbourne is just 2.0. This is well below the national and state figure of 2.5 people.
40.5% —
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Melbourne splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 42.5% of families here are couples with children, while 15.5% are one-parent families, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
15.5% —
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →North Melbourne splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 16%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for North Melbourne
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in North Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041506/north-melbourne/topic/family-households