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.
Millgrove · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Millgrove — lower than 71% of areas.
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
33.7% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Millgrove splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 15%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Millgrove, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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