2.2 —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Gambier - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mount Gambier - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households have become the norm in Mount Gambier - West, where the typical home now holds just 2.2 people. This shift is driven by a growing number of residents living alone, who now make up 35.1% of the area.
2.2
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- 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 Mount Gambier - West — lower than 86% of areas.
| Mount Gambier - West | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5290, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 35.1% of people live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than most, with only 2.2 people per dwelling.
35.1% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Gambier - West splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.3% of families, while one-parent families are slightly more common here than in the rest of Australia at 16.6%.
16.6% —
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Gambier - West, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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 Mount Gambier - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407021174/mount-gambier-west/topic/family-households