2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mudgegonga · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mudgegonga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Mudgegonga, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is a little below the national figure, reflecting a community with a high number of people living alone or in small couples.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Mudgegonga — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 28% of residents live alone, which is a little above the Victorian figure. Two-person households are the most common, making up 44.7% of the area.
27.6% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mudgegonga, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples, with 51.4% having children and 45.3% without. Only 2.7% are one-parent families, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
2.7% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mudgegonga, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 46%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Mudgegonga
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mudgegonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21826/mudgegonga/topic/family-households