Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part)

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people live alone in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) than they did a decade ago, which has helped push the typical household size up. This shift is most obvious in the drop of single-person homes, which fell by 6.8 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), Urban Centre

Where Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) sits — Average household size

2.6 ▲ +4.0%
  • 1.2: 1 area
  • 1.3: 0 areas
  • 1.4: 0 areas
  • 1.5: 3 areas
  • 1.6: 3 areas
  • 1.7: 18 areas
  • 1.8: 37 areas
  • 1.9: 87 areas
  • 2.0: 173 areas
  • 2.1: 203 areas
  • 2.2: 204 areas
  • 2.3: 216 areas
  • 2.4: 164 areas
  • 2.5: 136 areas
  • 2.6: 109 areas
  • 2.7: 94 areas
  • 2.8: 81 areas
  • 2.9: 65 areas
  • 3.0: 52 areas
  • 3.1: 36 areas
  • 3.2: 16 areas
  • 3.3: 18 areas
  • 3.4: 9 areas
  • 3.5: 11 areas
  • 3.6: 5 areas
  • 3.7: 7 areas
  • 3.8: 5 areas
  • 3.9: 11 areas
  • 4.0: 9 areas
  • 4.1: 2 areas
  • 4.2: 6 areas
  • 4.3: 4 areas
  • 4.4: 6 areas
  • 4.5: 5 areas
  • 4.6: 4 areas
  • 4.7: 3 areas
  • 4.8: 1 area
  • 4.9: 3 areas
  • 5.0: 3 areas
  • 5.1: 0 areas
  • 5.2: 2 areas
  • 5.3: 0 areas
  • 5.4: 1 area
  • 5.5: 1 area
  • 5.6: 1 area
  • 5.7: 2 areas
  • 5.8: 0 areas
  • 5.9: 1 area
  • 6.0: 0 areas
  • 6.1: 2 areas

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part)2.6
2738, NSW 2.8
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly more than the national figure. Only 20.4% of households are people living alone, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 25%.

2.6 ▲ +4.0%

Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.4% ▼ -25.0%

Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 27.2%
  • 2016: 30.6%
  • 2021: 20.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 58.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.4%, which is a little below the national average and represents a 5.7 percentage point drop since 2011.

11.4% ▼ -33.4%

Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 17.2%
  • 2016: 16.2%
  • 2021: 11.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.

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 Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112013/mildura-buronga/topic/family-households