2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mortlake · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mortlake
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Mortlake, representing 46.3% of local families. This area has a high number of single-person households compared to other regions, meaning homes are generally smaller than the national average.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 Mortlake — lower than 81% of areas.
| Mortlake | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2137, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 29% of people living alone, Mortlake has a much higher rate of single-person households than most areas. This helps explain why the typical home here holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
29.0% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mortlake, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages. Most families here are couples, with 41.8% having no children.
10.5% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mortlake splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Mortlake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12740/mortlake/topic/family-households