2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Manifold Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Manifold Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen the number of people living alone in Manifold Heights rise since 2011. This area now sees over 31% of homes occupied by a single person, a figure well above the national average. While families still make up the majority of the community, solitary living is much more common here than in most similar areas.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Manifold Heights — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.2% of people live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian average of 2.5.
31.2% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Manifold Heights splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (30%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 64.1% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.7%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.7% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Manifold Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Manifold Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21593/manifold-heights/topic/family-households