2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mitchells Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mitchells Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
More households consist of two people than any other size in Mitchells Island, where 53.3% of homes follow this pattern. This is a place where fewer people live alone compared to most other areas, with only 17.0% of households being single-person homes.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Mitchells Island — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mitchells Island | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2430, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.6. Only 17.0% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
17.0% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mitchells Island, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 45.7%, followed closely by couples with children at 40.2%. One-parent families account for 12.6% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.
12.6% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mitchells Island, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (40%) 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 Mitchells Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12663/mitchells-island/topic/family-households