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City of Melton

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In the City of Melton, 25.0% of households were made up of couples with children compared with 15.0% in Greater Melbourne.

The City of Melton's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

This topic breaks down household and family type specifically for those households on low incomes (relative to national averages). There may be correlations with specific household types. For example, an area with many pensioners on low incomes is likely to have a large number of couples without children and lone person households.

Note that household income is connected to household size - the potential for a lone person household to have a high income is less than for a household containing 5 adults. This may skew the results a little to the smaller household types when comparing to the total population, but should not affect geographic comparisons.

To continue building the story, the City of Melton's household and family types should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Types.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
City of Melton - Low income households20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater MelbourneNumber%Greater Melbourne2016 to 2021
Couples with children2,29225.015.02,44627.719.3-154
Couples without children1,94021.222.61,75319.921.1+187
One parent families1,97621.614.12,08223.615.2-106
Other families700.81.11011.11.6-31
Group household850.92.31431.64.4-58
Lone person2,80530.644.82,29826.038.4+507
Total low income households9,168100.0100.08,823100.0100.0+345
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types of low income households in the City of Melton in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 25.0% of low income households were couple families with child(ren), and 21.6% one-parent families, compared with 15.0% and 14.1% respectively for Greater Melbourne.

There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of low income lone person households was 30.6% compared to 44.8% for Greater Melbourne while the proportion in couples without children was 21.2% compared to 22.6% for Greater Melbourne.

Emerging groups

The number of low income households in City of Melton increased by 345 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types of low income households in the City of Melton between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Lone person (+507 households)
  • Couples without children (+187 households)
  • Couples with children (-154 households)
  • One parent families (-106 households)

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