2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moonah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Moonah
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in three people in Moonah lives alone, making it an area with a much higher rate of single-person households than most of the country. While the typical home holds 2.4 people, the high number of solo residents is a standout feature of the local community.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Moonah — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.3% of households are people living alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This has slightly declined since 2011, while the overall number of people per home has edged up to 2.4.
33.3% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Moonah splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents are much more common here than in other areas, making up 19.0% of families. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia, although the figure has fallen 2.1 points since 2011.
19.0% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moonah, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Moonah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601031019/moonah/topic/family-households