2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Myrtleford · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Myrtleford
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Myrtleford than in most similar areas. Small households are common here, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This pattern has remained steady since 2011.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Myrtleford — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.7% of residents live alone, a figure well above both the Victorian and Australian averages. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 39.5% of all households.
32.7% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Myrtleford, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.7% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 15.0%, which is around the middle for its level and down 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
15.0% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Myrtleford, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Myrtleford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215060/myrtleford/topic/family-households