2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 98% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melbourne - Inner · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Melbourne - Inner
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of homes in Melbourne - Inner are occupied by people living alone, which is far higher than the national figure. This makes it an area where small households are the norm, with the typical home housing just two people.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Melbourne - Inner — lower than 98% of areas.
| Melbourne - Inner | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 39.1% of people here live alone, a figure that has risen by 5 points since 2011. Consequently, the typical home has 2.0 people, which is well below the Victoria and Australia average of 2.5.
39.1% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Melbourne - Inner splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 46.7%, while those without children account for 39.9%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, making up 10.8% of the total.
10.8% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 88% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melbourne - Inner, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 - Inner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/206/melbourne-inner/topic/family-households