2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mayfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mayfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 34% of households in Mayfield are made up of people living alone, one of the highest proportions in the region. This contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to most of the country. The area is mostly shaped by small households and a significant number of single-person homes.
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 Mayfield — lower than 76% of areas.
| Mayfield | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2304, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.2, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, with 34.1% of residents living alone—a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
34.1% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mayfield splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.7% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While couples with children are the most common family type at 49.1%, this area has a much higher share of one-parent families than most similar places.
17.7% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mayfield, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Mayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12540/mayfield/topic/family-households