2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Middleton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Middleton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A small number of one-parent families makes Middleton a very different place to raise children compared to the rest of the country. Most homes here are occupied by couples, with only 5.2% of families being headed by a single parent, which is far below the national figure.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Middleton — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Middleton are slightly smaller than the Australian typical of 2.5 people, with 2.3 people per dwelling. Two-person households are the most common at 42.6%, while 26.9% of people live alone, a figure slightly above the national average.
26.9% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Middleton, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children and couples without children are equally common at 45.1% each. The proportion of one-parent families is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 5.2% compared to the state figure of 15.9%.
5.2% ▼ -48.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Middleton splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (47%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 Middleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60403/middleton/topic/family-households