1.7 ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mitchell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mitchell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home than almost any other similar area defines Mitchell, where 63.8% of households consist of just one person. This creates a residential profile that is far smaller than the state and national norms, with a very high proportion of people living alone.
1.7
▼ -15.0%
- 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 Mitchell — lower than 94% of areas.
| Mitchell | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are the norm here, making up 63.8% of all households. This helps explain why the typical home in Mitchell holds only 1.7 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
63.8% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.2%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mitchell, 1 person is the majority at 62%; 2 people is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.5% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. While couples with children are the most common family type at 48%, the share of single parents is among the highest for similar areas.
25.5% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mitchell, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by One-parent families (25%) and Couples without children (21%).
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 Mitchell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12661/mitchell/topic/family-households