2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Malvern East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Malvern East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Malvern East compared to the state and national figures. This area is predominantly made up of couples with children, who account for 64.7% of all families.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Malvern East — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Malvern East holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. About 26.3% of households are people living alone.
26.3% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Malvern East, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.2% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, while 24.8% are couples without children.
9.2% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Malvern East, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Malvern East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21587/malvern-east/topic/family-households