3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melton - Bacchus Marsh · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Melton - Bacchus Marsh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Melton - Bacchus Marsh have edged up since 2011, with a typical home now housing 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas. Most homes are anchored by couples with children, contributing to a distinct lack of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Melton - Bacchus Marsh — higher than 93% of areas.
| Melton - Bacchus Marsh | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per dwelling and only 17.2% of people living alone. This lone-person rate is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. The most common household size is two people (26%), followed by four people (22.1%).
17.2% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Melton - Bacchus Marsh splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (22%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 67.9%. One-parent families account for 14.6% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure and has barely changed since 2011.
14.6% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melton - Bacchus Marsh, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Melton - Bacchus Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21304/melton-bacchus-marsh/topic/family-households