2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Emu · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Emu
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 30.4% of families in Mount Emu are one-parent families, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This high proportion of single-parent homes is a key feature of the local community, where households tend to be larger than the national average.
2.8
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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 Emu — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mount Emu are typically more crowded than elsewhere, with 2.8 people per home. This is a little above the typical figure for both Victoria and Australia, which is 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Emu, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 1 person is next at 43%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30.4% of the local total, a figure far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Other family types include couples with children at 56.5% and couples without children at 26.1%.
30.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Emu, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by One-parent families (27%) and Couples without children (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 Mount Emu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21794/mount-emu/topic/family-households