Maude · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Maude

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.

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📍 Maude, Suburb / Locality

Where Maude sits — Average household size

3.3 ▲ +10.0%
  • 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 Maude — higher than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Maude3.3
3331, VIC 3.0
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 3.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

6.6% ▼ -66.1%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.4%
  • 2016: 27.9%
  • 2021: 6.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Maude splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 19%.

Families

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.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 8.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Maude, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 22%.

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 Maude [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21624/maude/topic/family-households