2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Buller · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mount Buller
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in Mount Buller are people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This creates a small, sparsely populated residential area where homes are typically much smaller than in other parts of the country.
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 Mount Buller — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has only 2.0 people, which is well below the Victorian average of 2.5. This trend has continued since 2011, with 48.8% of residents now living alone—among the highest proportions for this type of area.
48.8% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Buller, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (18%) and 6 or more (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.2% of the local group, a figure well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families are couples without children, while 33.3% are couples with children.
18.2% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Buller, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (33%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Mount Buller [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222056/mount-buller/topic/family-households