2.8 —
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melton South - Weir Views · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Melton South - Weir Views
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than most areas live in Melton South - Weir Views. With 20.9% of families headed by a single parent, this figure is well above the national average. This high proportion of families contributes to larger typical households across the area.
2.8
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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 Melton South - Weir Views — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. About 23.2% of people live alone, which is a little below the Victorian average.
23.2% —
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Melton South - Weir Views splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (23%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.3%. The number of one-parent families is 20.9%, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
20.9% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melton South - Weir Views, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 Melton South - Weir Views [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041578/melton-south-weir-views/topic/family-households