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.
Mowbray · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mowbray
How families and households are made up across the area.
More one-parent families live in Mowbray than in most similar areas. This reflects a diverse mix of households, where roughly 22.6% are single-parent families, though the typical home still houses about 2.5 people.
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 Mowbray — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, with 31.3% of residents living alone, a figure well above the Australian average. This has remained steady since 2011, while the usual number of people per home has edged up slightly to 2.5.
31.3% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mowbray splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.6% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, the proportion has fallen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
22.6% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mowbray, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Mowbray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011040/mowbray/topic/family-households