2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mittagong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mittagong
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Mittagong is about the same size as those across Australia, with an average of 2.5 people per household. The area is mostly made up of families, though about 27% of households consist of a person living alone.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Mittagong — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mittagong | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2575, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 35.8%. While the number of people living alone has fallen since 2011, this group still makes up 26.9% of households, which is a little above the national figure.
26.9% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mittagong, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children. One-parent families make up 12.7% of the total, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages and has fallen since 2011.
12.7% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mittagong, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Mittagong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/114021286/mittagong/topic/family-households