2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Minyip · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Minyip
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of residents in Minyip live alone, making it a place where small households are very common. This trend is seen in the typical home size, which is much lower than most other areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Minyip — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds just 2.1 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of people living alone, who make up 37.8% of households—far above the national figure of 25.6%.
37.8% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Minyip splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 42.9%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, accounting for 16.4% of families, which is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
16.4% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Minyip splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Minyip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21698/minyip/topic/family-households