2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mepunga West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mepunga West
How families and households are made up across the area.
A rise in the number of people living in each home defines the recent trend for Mepunga West. The area is now characterized by larger households, with a typical home holding 2.8 people, which is higher than most similar areas.
2.8
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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 West — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 19.2% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.2% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mepunga West, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (26%) and 1 person (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.1%. One-parent families account for 14.3% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Victorian average of 13.3%.
14.3% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mepunga West, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21652/mepunga-west/topic/family-households