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.
Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) · Urban Centre
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.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) — higher than 71% of areas.
| Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2738, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
20.4% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (18%).
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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