2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Melville
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all households in Melville are made up of two people, making it a place dominated by couples. Only 13% of residents live alone, which is far below the national figure.
2.4
—
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Melville — lower than 57% of areas.
| Melville | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2320, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With only 13% of people living alone, this is a much lower rate than most other areas. Most homes here house two people (52.2%), and the typical household size of 2.4 is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
13.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Melville, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 5 people (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 59.1%. One-parent families account for 9.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melville, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12575/melville/topic/family-households