3.3 ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meadow Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meadow Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of Meadow Heights, where 3.3 people live in the typical house. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community built around larger family groups.
3.3
▼ -2.9%
- 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 Meadow Heights — higher than 91% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 3.3 people per home, household sizes are among the highest for similar areas. This is consistent with only 14.8% of people living alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.8% ▲ +31.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →No single group dominates in Meadow Heights — 2 people leads at 25%, ahead of 3 people (20%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is centered on children, with 65.5% of households being couples with kids. One-parent families make up 20.4% of the area, which is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
20.4% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meadow Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
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 Meadow Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21635/meadow-heights/topic/family-households