2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moorabbin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moorabbin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 62.8% of families in Moorabbin, marking it as a primary household type for the area. Most homes here reflect national patterns, with a typical size of 2.5 people per dwelling.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Moorabbin — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 25.8% of people live alone, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Two-person households are the most common, accounting for 31.6% of all homes.
25.8% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moorabbin, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.4% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.4% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moorabbin, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 Moorabbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21746/moorabbin/topic/family-households