3.5 ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.0
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mornington · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Mornington
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge 32.3% of families in Mornington are led by a single parent, which is far above the national figure. This helps explain why homes here are larger than usual, with the typical house holding 3.5 people. Most households consist of either a single person or a large group of six or more.
3.5
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Mornington — higher than 97% of areas.
| Mornington | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living arrangements are larger than most areas, though the typical household size has dropped from 4.0 to 3.5 people since 2011. While 23.9% of people live alone, 22.2% of homes house six or more people.
23.9% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mornington splits fairly evenly between 1 person (24%) and 6 or more (22%), with 2 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 32.3% of the total, a figure that is far above both the state and national averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 51.2%.
32.3% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mornington, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 32%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mornington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35250/mornington/topic/family-households