2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mascot · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mascot
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Mascot compared to the national figure, where only 21.7% of households are single-person. This makes it a place where most people share their living space, and nearly half of all families here include children.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Mascot — higher than 50% of areas.
| Mascot | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2020, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mascot holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Australian average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 38.3% of the area.
21.7% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mascot, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 49.3% of families are couples with children, while 37.8% are couples without. One-parent families make up 9.6% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures.
9.6% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mascot, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Mascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12529/mascot/topic/family-households