2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melton West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Melton West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and more children define daily life in Melton West, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-heavy area with a high proportion of one-parent homes compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Melton West — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, with 2.8 people per household. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, and far fewer people live alone here than across Victoria.
20.6% ▲ +23.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Melton West, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common, with couples with children making up 56.3% of households. One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, sitting at 21.2%, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
21.2% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melton West, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Melton West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21644/melton-west/topic/family-households