2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Milton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Milton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Milton than they were in 2011. This shift is seen in the typical household size, which has dropped from 2.5 to 2.3 people. Today, nearly half of all households consist of couples with children.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Milton — lower than 57% of areas.
| Milton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2538, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Milton holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure. About 26.3% of residents live alone, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
26.3% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Milton, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.3% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.1%, which is well below the Australian average and has fallen by 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
11.1% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Milton, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Milton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115104/milton/topic/family-households