2.9 ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Melton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 62.1% of families in Melton, marking it as a strong area for family living. Households here are typically larger than in most of Australia, with the number of people per home rising to 2.9 since 2011.
2.9
▲ +20.8%
- 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 Melton — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, households in Melton are a little larger than the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This trend is linked to a sharp drop in people living alone, which fell from 29.6% in 2011 to 20.7% in 2021.
20.7% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Melton, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.0% of the population, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. This figure has risen slightly since 2011, contributing to a family structure where 62.1% are couples with children.
19.0% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melton, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; One-parent families is next at 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 Melton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL211002/melton/topic/family-households