2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Musk Vale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Musk Vale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Around the middle of similar areas for household size, Musk Vale is a place where 50.4% of families are couples with children. Most homes are small, with nearly half of all households consisting of just two people.
2.5
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- 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 Vale — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Only 21% of residents live alone, a rate well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
21.0% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Musk Vale, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up half of all families, while couples without children account for 36.2%. One-parent families make up 9.4% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.4% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Musk Vale, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without 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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21852/musk-vale/topic/family-households