2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 94% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moe - Newborough · Urban Area
Family & Households in Moe - Newborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Moe - Newborough are couples with children. While family life is common, the area has a notably high number of people living alone and a higher-than-average share of single-parent households.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Moe - Newborough — lower than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One-person households make up 35.4% of the area, a figure well above the national average that has risen since 2011. This trend helps explain why the typical home in Moe - Newborough now holds only 2.2 people, which is much lower than most similar areas.
35.4% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 96% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Moe - Newborough splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.3% of the total, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. This proportion has risen by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
19.3% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moe - Newborough, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (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 Moe - Newborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2013/moe-newborough/topic/family-households