2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melrose · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Melrose
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Melrose consist of couples with children, making it a primary hub for family life. This balance is reflected in the local homes, where the typical household is slightly smaller than the national figure.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Melrose — lower than 71% of areas.
| Melrose | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5483, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common here at 41.1%. While 26.4% of people live alone—a figure higher than most similar areas—the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
26.4% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Melrose, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are dominated by couples, with 55.5% raising children and 35.4% without. Only 9.8% of families are led by one parent, which is well below the South Australian rate of 14.8%.
9.8% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melrose, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Melrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40856/melrose/topic/family-households