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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Maroondah, 80.8% of people born in Myanmar were in couples with children households.
The City of Maroondah's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. For the overseas-born population, only those family members who were born overseas are counted. Other family members who were born in Australia or did not state their birthplace are not included in the table. However, if multiple household members were born overseas, the household will be counted more than once in this topic.
This topic reveals the area's residential role and function for the overseas-born and what type of households they are forming. This is likely to be strongly related to Age Structure, while recent migrants are young and likely to form families (and group households in the case of student areas), more established migrant communities may have older families and empty nesters in their mix of households.
To continue building the story of the overseas-born community in City of Maroondah, please look at this topic in conjunction with Age Structure, Household Size and Number of Bedrooms.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
| Household type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Maroondah - born in Myanmar | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Eastern Metropolitan Region | Number | % | Eastern Metropolitan Region | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 1,512 | 80.8 | 76.6 | 1,453 | 83.3 | 77.8 | +59 |
| Couples without children | 69 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 60 | 3.4 | 6.9 | +9 |
| One parent families | 221 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 185 | 10.6 | 10.5 | +36 |
| Other families | 10 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 24 | 1.4 | 1.3 | -14 |
| Group household | 33 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 10 | 0.6 | 1.7 | +23 |
| Lone person | 14 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 12 | 0.7 | 1.9 | +2 |
| Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 12 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +12 |
| Total persons counted in private dwellings | 1,871 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,744 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +127 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types for people born in Myanmar in the City of Maroondah in 2021 compared to Eastern Metropolitan Region, shows that there was a higher proportion of people born in Myanmar in couple families with children as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 80.8% of people born in Myanmar were in couple families with children, and 11.8% were in one-parent families, compared with 76.6% and 10.5% respectively for Eastern Metropolitan Region.
There were a lower proportion of people born in Myanmar in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people born in Myanmar in lone person households was 0.7% compared to 2.0% in Eastern Metropolitan Region while the proportion in couples without children was 3.7% compared to 6.5% in Eastern Metropolitan Region.
Emerging groups
The number of people born in Myanmar in households in City of Maroondah increased by 127 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest change in family/household types of people born in Myanmar in the City of Maroondah between 2016 and 2021 was:
- Couples with children (+59 persons)
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