Moonlight Flat · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Moonlight Flat

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over half of all families in Moonlight Flat are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area is mostly made up of family units, with very few single-parent households compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Moonlight Flat, Suburb / Locality

Where Moonlight Flat sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Moonlight Flat2.4
3450, VIC 2.0
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Moonlight Flat has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Roughly 22.6% of people live alone, a rate that is a little below the Australian average.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

22.6%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.5%
  • 2021: 22.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Moonlight Flat, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 1 person (22%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family structures here are quite distinct, with couples with children making up 55.1% and couples without children accounting for 39.1%. Notably, there are no one-parent families, which is far below the national rate of 14.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Moonlight Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 42%.

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/SAL21744/moonlight-flat/topic/family-households