2.3 ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Malmsbury · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Malmsbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Malmsbury than they were in 2011. The area has seen a shift toward smaller households, with a notable rise in people living alone. Most homes now house two people, and family units are predominantly couples.
2.3
▼ -20.7%
- 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 Malmsbury — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia. While the number of people per home has fallen since 2011, those living alone rose 9.5 points to reach 26.0%.
26.0% ▲ +57.0%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Malmsbury, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 8.8%, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen 4.7 points since 2011.
8.8% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Malmsbury, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Malmsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221045/malmsbury/topic/family-households