Millgrove · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Millgrove

How families and households are made up across the area.

A shift in living patterns has seen Millgrove's household makeup change since 2011. This area now has a high number of people living alone, with over a third of all homes containing just one person.

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📍 Millgrove, Suburb / Locality

Where Millgrove sits — Average household size

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 Millgrove — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Millgrove2.3
3799, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 33.7% of households being single person. This helps explain why the typical home in Millgrove holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.

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.

33.7% ▲ +2.2%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 33.0%
  • 2016: 30.8%
  • 2021: 33.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Millgrove splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single parenting is far more common in Millgrove than across Australia, with one-parent families making up 24.5% of the total. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and is among the highest for similar areas.

24.5% ▼ -15.4%

Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 29.0%
  • 2016: 26.2%
  • 2021: 24.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Millgrove, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 25%.

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 Millgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21685/millgrove/topic/family-households