Mogo · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mogo

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than one in five families in Mogo are led by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This creates a domestic landscape where a high number of one-parent households exists alongside a larger-than-usual proportion of people living alone.

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Where Mogo sits — Average household size

2.7 → 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 Mogo — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mogo2.7
2536, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Mogo are slightly larger than the national figure, with an average of 2.7 people per household. This happens despite 28.3% of people living alone, which is a higher rate than most similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure.

2.7 → 0.0%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.3% ▲ +51.4%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.7%
  • 2016: 33.6%
  • 2021: 28.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Mogo splits fairly evenly between 1 person (27%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 22.6% of the total, putting the area among the highest in the country. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, while couples with children make up 53.8% of families.

22.6% ▼ -2.0%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.1%
  • 2016: 19.9%
  • 2021: 22.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mogo, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mogo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12671/mogo/topic/family-households