3.3 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Manor Lakes · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Manor Lakes than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused community where the typical home holds 3.3 people, well above the national figure of 2.5. The area is dominated by couples with children, making it a rare place where only 8.8% of households are people living alone.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Manor Lakes — higher than 91% of areas.
Average household size.
Manor Lakes has some of the highest occupancy rates for its type, with 3.3 people per home. This is well above the Victorian average of 2.5, and a far lower proportion of people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
3.3 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
8.8% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Manor Lakes splits fairly evenly between 3 people (27%) and 4 people (27%), with 2 people at 22%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 74.5%. One-parent families account for 11.6%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.6% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Manor Lakes, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 13%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Manor Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21597/manor-lakes/topic/family-households