1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maldon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Maldon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of people in Maldon live alone, which is far above the national figure. This high number of solo dwellers means the typical home here is much smaller than in other areas, with fewer people per household.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Maldon — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are the norm here, with only 1.9 people per home compared to the Victorian figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 38.9% of homes are occupied by just one person.
38.9% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Maldon splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 48.6%. One-parent families account for 12.1%, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
12.1% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maldon, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Maldon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21583/maldon/topic/family-households