2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Myers Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Myers Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Most people in Myers Flat live in family homes, with couples with children making up over half of the households. This creates a domestic atmosphere where typical home sizes align closely with both state and national patterns.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Myers Flat — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures. Two-person homes are the most common at 39.7%, while 22.7% of people live alone, a rate well below the Victorian average.
22.7% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Myers Flat, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the dominant group here at 54.4%. Only 9.8% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.8% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Myers Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Myers Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21857/myers-flat/topic/family-households