2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Malvern - Glen Iris · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Malvern - Glen Iris
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Malvern - Glen Iris are occupied by just one person. This is a much higher share than most other areas, reflecting a shift toward smaller household sizes. While couples with children remain the most common family type, the area's living patterns have shifted notably over the last decade.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Malvern - Glen Iris — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a trend of smaller households, with the share of people living alone rising to 33.4% since 2011.
33.4% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Malvern - Glen Iris splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (32%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.4% of families, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 10.4%, this figure is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.4% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Malvern - Glen Iris, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Malvern - Glen Iris
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Malvern - Glen Iris [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208041194/malvern-glen-iris/topic/family-households