2.9 ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Morton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Morton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Morton than in the rest of the country, with only 14.1% of households consisting of one person. This creates a community where homes are generally more crowded, as the typical household is larger than both the state and national figures.
2.9
▲ +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 Morton — higher than 81% of areas.
| Morton | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2538, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Morton hold 2.9 people on average, which is much higher than most areas. This trend is reflected in the household sizes, where 40.8% of homes house two people and 18.3% house four.
14.1% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Morton, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 64.2% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.7% of the mix, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.7% ▲ +38.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Morton, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Morton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12741/morton/topic/family-households