3.3 ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maude · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
3.3 people per home is a very high figure for Maude, which is well above the national average. This is a place where large households are the norm and very few people live by themselves.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Maude — higher than 91% of areas.
Average household size.
Only 6.6% of people live alone, a figure far below the Victorian average of 25.9%. Most homes are larger than usual, with nearly 15% holding six or more people.
3.3 ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6.6% ▼ -66.1%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Maude splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 19%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 74.3% of families here. This helps explain the larger home sizes, while one-parent families are much less common than across Australia.
8.4% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Maude, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Maude [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21624/maude/topic/family-households