2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mooroopna · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mooroopna
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Mooroopna than in most similar areas, which shapes the daily life of the town. This is reflected in the typical home, where only 2.2 people live, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Mooroopna — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 34.6% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is much lower than most other areas.
34.6% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mooroopna splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.9% of the total, which is among the highest for this kind of area and far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
23.9% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mooroopna, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Mooroopna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216031415/mooroopna/topic/family-households