2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Milawa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Milawa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few things have changed in the way people live in Milawa over the last decade, and it remains a place where most people live in family groups. The area is defined by a strong presence of parents and children, with 61.9% of families falling into this category.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Milawa — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Milawa typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 20.8% of residents live alone, a figure well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
20.8% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Milawa, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is very common here, with 61.9% of families consisting of couples with children. In contrast, one-parent families make up just 4.3% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
4.3% ▼ -39.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Milawa, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without 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 Milawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21681/milawa/topic/family-households