2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Milawa · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Milawa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Milawa, where most residents live in family groups. Very few people live alone compared to other areas, and the number of single-parent families has dropped sharply over the last decade.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Milawa — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Milawa has 2.5 people, which is higher than most similar areas and has risen since 2011. Only 22.9% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the Victorian average and has fallen by 14 percentage points since 2011.
22.9% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Milawa, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families dominate the local landscape, with 61.9% of households being couples with children. Only 3.5% are one-parent families, which is far below the national figure and among the lowest proportions for this area type.
3.5% ▼ -83.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Milawa, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Milawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222054/milawa/topic/family-households