2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Muckleford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Muckleford
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Muckleford than in most similar areas, with a strong focus on family life. This is a place where few people live by themselves, as only 18.4% of households are single-person homes.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Muckleford — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.6 people, which is slightly higher than the Victorian and Australian figures. Fewer people live alone here compared to most areas, falling well below the national rate of 25.6%.
18.4% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Muckleford, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with 56.5% of homes consisting of couples with children. One-parent families make up 9.5% of the total, a figure well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.5% ▼ -46.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Muckleford, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Muckleford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21824/muckleford/topic/family-households