2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mitchell Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mitchell Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone defines the household makeup in Mitchell Park. This shift toward smaller living arrangements means the typical home here is smaller than the national figure, with 34.2% of households consisting of just one person.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Mitchell Park — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mitchell Park | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5043, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households are much more common here than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
34.2% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mitchell Park splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are more common in Mitchell Park than in most similar areas, making up 16.7% of the total. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1%, though the proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
16.7% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mitchell Park, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/403021061/mitchell-park/topic/family-households