3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Morang · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Morang
How families and households are made up across the area.
An extra half-person per home separates South Morang from the national figure, reflecting a place where large households are the norm. The typical home here holds 3.0 people, which is much higher than most other areas. This makes the suburb a hub for larger family groups rather than single residents.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 South Morang — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 15.7% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Homes are larger than usual, with 25.5% of households containing four people and another 9.7% holding five or more.
15.7% ▲ +33.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Morang splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.7%. One-parent families account for 12.6%, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the state average.
12.6% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Morang, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 South Morang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22311/south-morang/topic/family-households