2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mittagong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mittagong
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 32% of people in Mittagong live alone, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to smaller overall households in the area, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people. This pattern makes the town's living arrangements distinct from the state and national averages.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Mittagong — lower than 76% of areas.
| Mittagong | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2575, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, as 37.1% of homes contain two people and 32.4% have only one. The number of people per home is a little below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
32.4% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mittagong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 48.5%. One-parent families account for 14.2%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
14.2% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mittagong, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Mittagong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12664/mittagong/topic/family-households