2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mathoura · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mathoura
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Mathoura compared to the rest of the country, with 38.3% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a local housing pattern where homes are smaller and hold fewer people than the state and national averages.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Mathoura — lower than 76% of areas.
| Mathoura | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2710, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 38.3% of households containing one person, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Mathoura holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
38.3% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mathoura splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples with children, while 13.2% are one-parent families. This last group is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
13.2% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mathoura, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Mathoura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12532/mathoura/topic/family-households