2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Monbulk · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Monbulk
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Monbulk, where 61.5% of families consist of couples with children. This makes the area feel more family-focused than many other places, with fewer people living by themselves compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Monbulk — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 20.9% of households are people living alone, a figure well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
20.9% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Monbulk, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Monbulk are couples with children, making up 61.5% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.4%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national figure.
13.4% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Monbulk, 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 Monbulk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21727/monbulk/topic/family-households