2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moonlight Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moonlight Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 45.9% of households in Moonlight Flat are made up of people living alone, a figure far above the Victorian and national averages. This makes it a place where single-person homes are much more common than in most similar areas. The typical home here is small, with only 2.3 people per dwelling.
2.3
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- 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 Moonlight Flat — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 46% of households consist of one person, which is far above the 25.9% seen across Victoria. Because of this, the typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
45.9% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moonlight Flat, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.0% of the local mix, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian average. Couples with children and couples without children are both common, making up 41.7% and 40.0% of families respectively.
15.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Moonlight Flat splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Moonlight Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21743/moonlight-flat/topic/family-households