2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moorabool · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moorabool
How families and households are made up across the area.
A notable shift in family structures has occurred in Moorabool since 2011, with a much higher rate of single-parent families than most similar areas. While the typical household size matches the national figure, the community is now marked by a strong presence of couples with children.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Moorabool — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Moorabool houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. However, people living alone make up only 12.1% of households, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
12.1% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moorabool, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 3 people (38%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families here. Single-parent families account for 17.4%, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
17.4% ▲ +157.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moorabool, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Moorabool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21748/moorabool/topic/family-households