2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moe - Newborough · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Moe - Newborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in Moe - Newborough compared to the state and national figures. This trend has shifted the local landscape, with the typical home now holding only 2.1 people. It is a community where single-person households and one-parent families are much more common than in most other areas.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 Moe - Newborough — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Four in ten residents now live alone, a figure that has risen 16 points since 2011. This explains why the typical home is smaller than the national figure, with 40% of households containing just one person.
40.0% ▲ +67.5%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moe - Newborough, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.5% of the local total, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This has been a significant trend, with the proportion of these families rising 11 points since 2011.
23.5% ▲ +82.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 45%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (23%).
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/ucl/UCL213010/moe-newborough/topic/family-households