2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Miners Rest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Miners Rest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Miners Rest, making it a place where larger households are the norm. This trend is driven by a very low number of people living alone compared to other areas.
2.8
→ 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 Miners Rest — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.8% of people live by themselves, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Because of this, the typical home size of 2.8 people is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
15.8% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Miners Rest, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with couples with children making up 62.2% of all families. One-parent families account for 13.0%, a figure that is about the same as the state average.
13.0% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Miners Rest, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Miners Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21691/miners-rest/topic/family-households