2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mingay · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Mingay have remained steady over the last decade, though they differ sharply from the national norm. Almost 70% of families here are couples with children, while one-parent families are completely absent from the data. This creates a distinctive domestic profile for the area compared to the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mingay — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
With 2.4 people per home, household size in Mingay is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Mingay, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (27%) and 3 people (23%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 69.4% of families, and couples without children account for 27.8%. Notably, there are no one-parent families, which is far below the 14.1% national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Mingay, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mingay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21692/mingay/topic/family-households