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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Melbourne, 8.6% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 33.1% in Greater Melbourne.
The City of Melbourne'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.
To continue building the story, the City of Melbourne's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.
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Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types in the City of Melbourne in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 8.6% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 4.0% were one-parent families, compared with 33.1% and 10.2% respectively for Greater Melbourne.
There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 39.7% compared to 23.7% in Greater Melbourne while the proportion of couples without children was 24.8% compared to 23.5% in Greater Melbourne.
Emerging groups
The number of households in City of Melbourne increased by 11,174 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types in the City of Melbourne between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Lone person (+9,881 households)
- Couples without children (+4,732 households)
- Group household (-2,199 households)
- Couples with children (+1,007 households)
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