2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mornington Peninsula · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Mornington Peninsula
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in the Mornington Peninsula include children, with 53.7% of families fitting this profile. The area generally follows state and national patterns for household size and family types, though it has seen a slight rise in people living on their own.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Mornington Peninsula — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mornington Peninsula | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. While two-person homes are most common at 37.4%, the proportion of people living alone has risen slightly since 2011 to 27.4%.
27.4% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mornington Peninsula, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 53.7%, while 32.3% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.3%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.3% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mornington Peninsula, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Mornington Peninsula
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mornington Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21402/mornington-peninsula/topic/family-households