2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melba · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Melba
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Melba than in most other similar areas, with an average of 2.7 people per dwelling. This is a family-oriented place where most households consist of couples with children. The number of people per home has remained steady since 2011.
2.7
→ 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 Melba — higher than 71% of areas.
| Melba | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2615, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Fewer people live alone here than in the ACT and across Australia, at 21.1%. This helps explain why households are larger than usual, with 31.7% of homes housing two people and 19.4% containing four.
21.1% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Melba, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families at 62.6%. One-parent families represent 12.7% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the ACT average and has barely changed since 2011.
12.7% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melba, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Melba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011022/melba/topic/family-households