2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Melwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 2.0 people live in the typical home in Melwood, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This makes the area stand out as having much smaller households than most other similar places.
2.0
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- 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 Melwood — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With only 2.0 people per home, household sizes in Melwood are well below both the Victorian and Australian average of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Melwood, 2 people is the majority at 100%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The most common family composition is Couples without children at 68%, ahead of One-parent families (37%).
Family composition
View on map →In Melwood, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 35%.
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 Melwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21646/melwood/topic/family-households