2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Myrtle Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Myrtle Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Myrtle Creek are shared by couples, making it a predominantly family-oriented area. The community is largely made up of couples with children, while there are almost no one-parent families living here.
2.6
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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 Myrtle Creek — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here house two people, and the typical household size of 2.6 people is higher than in most other areas. Only 22.2% of residents live alone, which is well below the Victorian and national figures.
22.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Myrtle Creek, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.9% of families in the area. In a striking contrast to the rest of the country, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Myrtle Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Myrtle Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21861/myrtle-creek/topic/family-households