2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Milltown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Milltown
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift towards smaller living arrangements has seen Milltown become a place where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person. This is a stark contrast to the state and national figures, with the typical home here holding only two people.
2.0
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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 Milltown — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common, making up 46.4% of all households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Consequently, the 2.0 people per home is well below the typical Australian household size of 2.5.
46.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Milltown splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (43%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.1% of the total, a figure that is well below the 14.1% national average. Most families here are couples, split evenly between those with children and those without.
8.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Milltown splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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 Milltown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21687/milltown/topic/family-households