2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Helen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Helen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Mount Helen than in the rest of the country, with only 16.4% of households being single-person homes. This makes it a place where larger living arrangements are the norm. The typical home here holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Helen — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mount Helen are larger than most, with 2.8 people per household. While 35.6% of homes hold two people, the number of people living alone is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
16.4% ▲ +16.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Helen, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 61.7% of the total. Single-parent families account for 11.9%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.9% ▲ +50.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Helen, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Helen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21798/mount-helen/topic/family-households