2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mepunga · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mepunga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 60.9% of families in Mepunga, the most common household type for the area. While home sizes are typical for the region, there is a strikingly high proportion of one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
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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 Mepunga — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home average 2.5, which is about the same as the typical figure for both Victoria and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Mepunga, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (25%) and 3 people (25%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.1% of the total, a figure that is far above the 14.1% national average and among the highest for similar areas.
26.1% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mepunga, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Mepunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21650/mepunga/topic/family-households