2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mentone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mentone
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 33.1% of people in Mentone live alone, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person households means the area is smaller and more solitary than most, with fewer people sharing each home.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Mentone — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mentone holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures. About a third of households consist of just one person, while another 33.5% are two-person homes.
33.1% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mentone splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children (56.7%), though one-parent families make up 13.1%. This last group is more common here than in most similar areas, although it is about the same as the state and national rates.
13.1% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mentone, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Mentone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21648/mentone/topic/family-households