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Family & Households in Mandalong

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people share each roof in Mandalong than is typical for most areas, with an average of 3.0 people per home. This is a community where large households are the norm and very few people live by themselves.

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Where Mandalong sits — Average household size

3.0 ▲ +3.4%
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mandalong — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mandalong3.0
2264, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are often crowded, with 33.6% holding two people and 12.2% holding five. Only 16.0% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.

3.0 ▲ +3.4%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

16.0% ▼ -10.4%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.9%
  • 2016: 15.2%
  • 2021: 16.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mandalong, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.2%. One-parent families are much less common here than in the rest of the country, accounting for just 7.4% of the total.

7.4% ▼ -14.9%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.6%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 7.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mandalong, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 29%.

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 Mandalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12475/mandalong/topic/family-households