2.3 —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Morwell (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Morwell (Eastern Victoria)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of households in Morwell are made up of people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household is smaller than those in most other areas. The local family landscape also shows a notably higher rate of one-parent families compared to the rest of the state.
2.3
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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 Morwell (Eastern Victoria) — lower than 86% of areas.
| Morwell (Eastern Victoria) | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with 2.3 people per home, a figure that has edged down since 2016. This reflects a high proportion of single-person households, which make up 30.4% of all homes—well above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
30.4% —
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.7% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. While couples with children remain the most common family type at 51.6%, this higher rate of single-parent homes has remained steady since 2016.
17.7% —
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Morwell (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25402/morwell/topic/family-households