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 East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mayfield East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living than most similar areas define the household landscape in Mayfield East. While half of all families here include children, the area is marked by a high proportion of people living alone and a significant number of one-parent families.
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 East — lower than 76% of areas.
| Mayfield East | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2304, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mayfield East are smaller than usual, with just 2.2 people per dwelling, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the high number of people living alone, at 31.2%, well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
31.2% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mayfield East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.0% of the local total, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages. Most families are couples with children, representing 50.7% of the total.
18.0% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mayfield East, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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 Mayfield East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12544/mayfield-east/topic/family-households