2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Metung · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Metung
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Metung, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is much lower than most similar areas and falls below both the state and national figures. Most dwellings are occupied by couples, creating a community dominated by two-person homes.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Metung — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all households consist of two people, while 26.2% of residents live alone. This last figure is about the same as the typical Victorian or Australian home.
26.2% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Metung, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 55.7%, while one-parent families account for 9.7%. This proportion of single-parent homes is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.7% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Metung, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 Metung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21673/metung/topic/family-households