2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Musk · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Musk
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Musk, where the typical home holds just two people. This is well below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5 people per home, reflecting a community mostly made up of couples and single residents.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Musk — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here at 40.8%, while 26.3% of people live alone. This high rate of single-person households is about the same as the state and national figures.
26.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Musk, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life in Musk is dominated by couples, with 63% having no children. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Musk, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 38%.
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 Musk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21851/musk/topic/family-households