2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Myrniong · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Myrniong
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Myrniong holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than in most other similar areas. This family-focused community has seen the number of people living alone drop sharply since 2011, reflecting a shift toward larger household sizes.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 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 Myrniong — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Few people live by themselves here, with only 16.7% of households consisting of one person, a figure well below the Victorian average. Most homes house two people (40.3%) or four people (30.6%), which helps explain why the usual household size has risen to 2.8 since 2011.
16.7% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Myrniong, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (28%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of the area at 61.3%. One-parent families account for 15.2% of the total, a figure that is a little above the national average and has risen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
15.2% ▲ +49.7%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Myrniong, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 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 Myrniong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222061/myrniong/topic/family-households