Mount Lonarch · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Lonarch

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer one-parent families live in Mount Lonarch than in the rest of the state, where the local rate is 0%. This creates a family landscape that differs sharply from the Victorian and national patterns, with a typical home holding 2.3 people.

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📍 Mount Lonarch, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Lonarch sits — Average household size

2.3
  • 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 Lonarch — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Lonarch2.3
3468, VIC 2.0
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Mount Lonarch are slightly smaller than the usual Australian or Victorian home, with 2.3 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5.

2.3

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Mount Lonarch, 2 people is the majority at 100%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

There are no one-parent families here, a figure that is far below the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Instead, the area is split evenly between couples with children and couples without children, each making up 57.1% of families.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 9.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Mount Lonarch splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).

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 Lonarch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21800/mount-lonarch/topic/family-households