2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Manangatang · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Manangatang
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living together in Manangatang (L) than they were in 2011. Small households are now the norm, with the typical home holding just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -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 Manangatang — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes have become more common, now making up 34.5% of households. This is well above the Victorian figure and helps explain why the typical home is smaller than in most other areas.
34.5% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Manangatang, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.0% of the local mix, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure. This proportion has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
20.0% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Manangatang, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (32%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Manangatang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222048/manangatang/topic/family-households