2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melville Forest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Melville Forest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Melville Forest have shifted over the last decade to become more concentrated around couples with children. This is a small area where 76% of families consist of couples with children, creating a landscape dominated by larger household groups.
2.7
—
- 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 Melville Forest — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Melville Forest are slightly larger than the national figure, with 2.7 people per home. Interestingly, 27.3% of residents live alone, which is higher than most other areas.
27.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Melville Forest, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost every family here consists of a couple, with 76% having children and 20% without. There are no one-parent families, a figure that is far below both the Victorian and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melville Forest, Couples with children is the majority at 79%; 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 Melville Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21645/melville-forest/topic/family-households