3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mitchell · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Mitchell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 72.2% of families in Mitchell, making it an area dominated by larger family units. This is reflected in the typical home, which holds 3.1 people—a figure that is a little above the Australian average of 2.5.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Mitchell — higher than 99% of areas.
| Mitchell | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the largest for the area, though the average size has edged down slightly since 2011. Only 13.4% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
13.4% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mitchell splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.6% of the total, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0% and has fallen 7.2 points since 2011.
8.6% ▼ -45.6%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mitchell, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mitchell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED129/mitchell/topic/family-households