3.3 ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meadow Heights · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Meadow Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Meadow Heights than in most similar areas, with a typical household of 3.3 people. This is a community where large families are common, and very few residents live on their own.
3.3
▼ -2.9%
- 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 Meadow Heights — higher than 97% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The usual home in Meadow Heights holds 3.3 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. Only 14.8% of people live alone, a rate far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.8% ▲ +31.4%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →No single group dominates in Meadow Heights — 2 people leads at 25%, ahead of 3 people (20%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common here, though one-parent families make up 20.4% of the total. This is well above the Victorian average of 13.3% and has remained steady since 2011.
20.4% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meadow Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
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 Meadow Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210051247/meadow-heights/topic/family-households