3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Druitt · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Mount Druitt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements are a defining feature of daily life in Mount Druitt, where the typical home holds 3.1 people. This is a high number compared to other areas, reflecting a community with far fewer people living alone than the national average.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Druitt — higher than 96% of areas.
| Mount Druitt | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, household sizes here are among the highest at this level and sit a little above the national figure of 2.5. This trend is reflected in the low 18.0% of people living alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25.0%.
18.0% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →No single group dominates in Mount Druitt — 2 people leads at 25%, ahead of 4 people (19%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.3% of the area, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average. While this is among the highest proportions at this level, the figure has fallen 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
20.3% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Druitt, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
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 Druitt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11603/mount-druitt/topic/family-households