2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mitcham · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Mitcham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 10% of families in Mitcham are led by a single parent, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area stand out as a place where large, multi-person households are much more common than in most other regions.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Mitcham — higher than 79% of areas.
| Mitcham | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.6 people, which is much higher than most areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 23.6%, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
23.6% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mitcham, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 62.9%. Only 9.9% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
9.9% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mitcham, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44340/mitcham/topic/family-households