1.9 —
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Melbourne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in South Melbourne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in South Melbourne than in most similar areas. This creates a distinct living pattern where the typical home is small and contains fewer people than the state or national average.
1.9
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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 South Melbourne — lower than 96% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Just 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 43.2% of households are people living alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
43.2% —
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 South Melbourne, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 42.8%, followed closely by couples with children at 42.2%. One-parent families account for 12.7%, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
12.7% —
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →South Melbourne splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 13%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in South Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206051512/south-melbourne/topic/family-households