2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mendooran · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mendooran
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in Mendooran compared to the rest of the country, with 36.1% of households consisting of just one person. This gap is 11 percentage points above both the New South Wales and Australian figures. While many live solo, the typical home still houses around 2.4 people.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Mendooran — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mendooran | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2842, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.1% of homes are occupied by one person, which is much higher than most areas. Other household sizes are more varied, with 30.7% having two people and 12.2% having three.
36.1% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mendooran, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.1%, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales average.
15.1% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mendooran, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Mendooran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12581/mendooran/topic/family-households