1.7 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Best · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Best
How families and households are made up across the area.
Seventy per cent of households in Mount Best are people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area stand out as one where very few people share a home. It is a small community with a small typical household size.
1.7
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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 Mount Best — lower than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mount Best holds just 1.7 people, which is well below the Victorian and Australian average of 2.5. This is because 70% of residents live alone, a rate far above the national figure.
70.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Best, 1 person is the majority at 82%; 2 people is next at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Most families are couples, with 68.2% having children and 40.9% without.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Best, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Mount Best [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21774/mount-best/topic/family-households