2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mortons Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mortons Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Mortons Creek than in most similar areas, with households tending to be larger than the national average. This is a place where family living is the norm, and the typical home holds nearly three people.
2.9
—
- 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 Mortons Creek — higher than 81% of areas.
| Mortons Creek | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2446, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 11.9% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
11.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mortons Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 4 people (14%) and 1 person (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, as couples with children make up 57.4% of all families. One-parent families represent just 5.7% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
5.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mortons Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Mortons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12742/mortons-creek/topic/family-households