2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mirboo North · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mirboo North
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Mirboo North than in most similar areas. While the typical household has 2.4 people, there is also a notably high number of residents living on their own. Over half of the local families are couples raising children.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Mirboo North — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.7% of residents live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This is a high proportion compared to most areas, even though the number of single-person homes has fallen since 2011.
32.7% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mirboo North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.2% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.5%, which is lower than most areas and has fallen since the last census.
13.5% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mirboo North, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Mirboo North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215057/mirboo-north/topic/family-households