2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Monash · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Monash
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of all homes in Monash are occupied by people living alone. This shift is a key part of the local story, as the number of single-person households has risen by 5 percentage points since 2011. Overall, the area maintains a typical domestic structure that closely mirrors both the territory and national patterns.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Monash — lower than 57% of areas.
| Monash | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2904, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Monash holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 33.9% of households have two people, those living alone make up 26% of the total, a figure that has edged up over the last decade.
26.0% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Monash, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.5%, followed by couples without children at 27.1%. One-parent families account for 13.3% of the total, which is a little above the territory average and has barely changed since 2011.
13.3% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Monash, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801071084/monash/topic/family-households