2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mildura · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Mildura
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of families in Mildura consist of couples with children, making it the most common family type in the area. While typical home sizes are similar to the rest of the country, the region has a notably high number of people living alone.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Mildura — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mildura | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29% of people in Mildura live alone, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. The typical home holds 2.4 people, a number that has edged down slightly since 2011.
29.0% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mildura, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.1% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most areas and well above the national average. This proportion has remained steady since 2011.
17.1% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mildura, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Mildura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21502/mildura/topic/family-households