2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mayo · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Mayo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few things have shifted in the way people live in Mayo since 2011, though there has been a slight increase in people living alone. Most households here consist of couples, with over half of all families including children. The typical home holds about 2.5 people, which is consistent with both state and national figures.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Mayo — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mayo | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 24.3% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the South Australian average and has risen slightly since 2011. Two-person households are the most common, making up 39% of the total.
24.3% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mayo, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.5% of the area, which is much lower than most similar places and well below the state average. The most common family type is couples with children, representing 54.9% of families.
11.5% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mayo, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Mayo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED408/mayo/topic/family-households