St Kilda, St Kilda West, Carlton, Elwood and South Yarra have the highest proportion of
single person households in Melbourne
, according to REIV analysis of the 2011 Census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
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REIV Policy and Public Affairs Manager Robert Larocca said that, along with Carlton, the inner -southern bayside suburbs had the highest concentration of single-person households; and these trends had an important impact on development and demand for housing.
“The location of single-person households can tell you a lot about the city.
“In St Kilda, St Kilda West, Carlton, Elwood and South Yarra at least one in three homes has only one resident.
“New developments clearly respond to this demographic trend by building residences more suited to single people.
“The data also shows that the further the suburb is from the CBD, the less likely it is that only one person will be residing in the home.
“There is one interesting exception – the Belgrave/Lilydale train line, where most suburbs have a higher than average proportion of lone–resident households.
“At the other end of the spectrum are the growth suburbs: Point Cook, Greenvale, Roxburgh Park, Doreen, Narre Warren South and Narre Warren North, for instance. In those suburbs less than 10 per cent of homes only have one resident.
“The growth suburbs are obviously highly populated by growing families,” Mr Larocca concluded.
| Suburb |
% of lone-person dwellings* |
| St Kilda |
36% |
| St Kilda West |
35% |
| Carlton |
35% |
| Elwood |
32% |
| South Yarra |
32% |
| Prahran |
32% |
| St Kilda East |
32% |
| Windsor |
32% |
| Chelsea |
32% |
| East Melbourne |
31% |
*ABS/REIV: suburbs with more than 15% vacant dwellings on Census night generally excluded.