2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mooroolbark · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mooroolbark
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Mooroolbark, where 2.8 people typically live in each home. This is a family-focused community with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
→ 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 Mooroolbark — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure, with 2.8 people per household. Only 19.3% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
19.3% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mooroolbark, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.1%. One-parent families account for 13.5% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
13.5% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mooroolbark, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Mooroolbark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21755/mooroolbark/topic/family-households