2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Montrose · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Montrose
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living arrangements in Montrose have remained remarkably steady since 2011. The area is defined by large households, with a typical home holding 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure. This stability is seen in the low number of people living alone and a strong presence of families with children.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Montrose — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Montrose are larger than in most areas, with 2.8 people per home. This helps explain why the share of people living alone is much lower than most areas at 19.2%, well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
19.2% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Montrose, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 67.1% of households. One-parent families account for 9.1%, a figure that is well below the Australian average and has fallen since 2011.
9.1% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Montrose, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Montrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211051280/montrose/topic/family-households