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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Melbourne, 14.3% of people born overseas were in couples with children households.
The City of Melbourne'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 Melbourne, please look at this topic in conjunction with Age Structure, Household Size and Number of Bedrooms.
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City of Melbourne - born overseas | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Households by type | Number | % | City of Melbourne - Total population | Number | % | City of Melbourne - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
Couples with children | 11,088 | 14.3 | 16.8 | 8,954 | 12.4 | 15.7 | +2,134 |
Couples without children | 25,198 | 32.6 | 28.6 | 19,102 | 26.5 | 24.2 | +6,096 |
One parent families | 3,780 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 3,236 | 4.5 | 5.0 | +544 |
Other families | 2,874 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3,749 | 5.2 | 3.8 | -875 |
Group household | 15,538 | 20.1 | 16.5 | 23,166 | 32.2 | 23.6 | -7,628 |
Lone person | 18,121 | 23.4 | 22.8 | 12,923 | 17.9 | 17.2 | +5,198 |
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 689 | 0.9 | 7.1 | 885 | 1.2 | 10.5 | -196 |
Total persons counted in private dwellings | 77,288 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 72,015 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +5,273 |
Analysis of the household/family types for people born overseas in the City of Melbourne in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Melbourne, shows that there was a lower proportion of people born overseas in couple families with children as well as a similar proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 14.3% of people born overseas were in couple families with children, and 4.9% were in one-parent families, compared with 16.8% and 5.3% respectively for the total population in the City of Melbourne.
There were a higher proportion of people born overseas in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people born overseas in lone person households was 23.4% compared to 22.8% in the total population in the City of Melbourne while the proportion in couples without children was 32.6% compared to 28.6% in the total population in the City of Melbourne.
The number of people born overseas in households in City of Melbourne increased by 5,273 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types of people born overseas in the City of Melbourne 2016 and 2021 were:
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