Indicator: Lone Person Households

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What we know from research

What the data indicates about Mildura
LONE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS
As already noted, Ouyen and Wentworth are the Mildura sub-regions with the highest proportion of aging residents. This is one explanation for the existence of people living alone and helps to account for the prominence of the two mentioned areas among those with high proportions of lone person households. A different explanation concerning younger adults is that they are attracted to the central areas of regional cities and that probably helps to explain the relatively high proportion of single person households in Central Mildura. However, there is not a great deal of difference between the sub-regions with the percentage of single households/persons either resembling or being below the average for Regional Victoria.

SPREAD OF SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS MILDURA’S SUB-REGIONS (2001 CENSUS)
Source: Table 14 2001 Census of Population and Housing; Tables B 32 & 14 2001 Census of Population and Housing

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	Upward trend			Progress away from desired direction
	Downward trend
	No observable trend		Progress towards desired direction
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Last Updated: Thursday, 25 January 2007