2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mirboo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mirboo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Mirboo are couples with children. This small town sees a high number of people living alone and generally smaller households compared to the rest of the country.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Mirboo — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with the typical home holding 2.2 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, and the proportion of people living alone is well above the Australian average at 31.3%.
31.3% ▲ +57.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mirboo, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.1% of families, while couples without children follow closely at 43.6%. The share of one-parent families is 9.7%, which is well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
9.7% ▲ +97.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mirboo splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Mirboo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21702/mirboo/topic/family-households