2.8 —
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melton (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Melton (Western Victoria)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61.7% of families in Melton, which is the most common family type here. This contributes to a high proportion of larger households compared to other areas. The community is defined by a strong presence of family units and fewer people living on their own.
2.8
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- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Melton (Western Victoria) — higher than 79% of areas.
| Melton (Western Victoria) | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Melton typically hold 2.8 people, which is a little above the Victorian and national figures. Only 21.4% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6% and has barely changed since 2016.
21.4% —
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Melton (Western Victoria), the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 17.9% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% national figure. This proportion has fallen slightly by 1.2 percentage points since 2016.
17.9% —
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melton (Western Victoria), Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Melton (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24808/melton/topic/family-households