2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moonee Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moonee Ponds
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person households is the main story for Moonee Ponds, where 34.5% of people live alone. This is well above the national figure, contributing to a smaller typical household size than most other areas.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Moonee Ponds — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.2 people live in the typical home here, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures of 2.5. This is driven by a high proportion of single-person households, which are much more common here than in most areas.
34.5% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Moonee Ponds splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.5% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.4%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.4% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moonee Ponds, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Moonee Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21742/moonee-ponds/topic/family-households