1.8 ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melbourne City · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Melbourne City
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone has shifted the home life in Melbourne City since 2011. Small households are now the norm here, with 43.1% of homes housing just one person. This is far above the national figure and reflects a trend toward smaller, more independent living arrangements in the city centre.
1.8
▼ -10.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Melbourne City — lower than 99% of areas.
| Melbourne City | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Melbourne City are much smaller than those across the country, with only 1.8 people per home. This is well below the Australian figure of 2.5 and is among the lowest for any similar area.
43.1% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Melbourne City splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (40%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 53.2% of families here. One-parent families represent just 9.8% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.8% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melbourne City, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 32%.
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 Melbourne City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20604/melbourne-city/topic/family-households