2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mitchell · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Mitchell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common sight in Mitchell, where an average of 2.7 people live in each home. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live on their own.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Mitchell — higher than 86% of areas.
| Mitchell | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 22.1% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has barely changed since 2011, with two-person homes being the most common at 32.9%.
22.1% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mitchell, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.3%. One-parent families account for 14.8% of the total, which is a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
14.8% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mitchell, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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/lga/LGA24850/mitchell/topic/family-households