2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mosman · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mosman
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly one third of all homes in Mosman are occupied by people living alone, reflecting a trend toward smaller households. This is a community where small living arrangements are common, with a typical home holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
→ 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 Mosman — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mosman | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2088, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 31.7% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the usual household size of 2.3 people is a little below both the state and national averages.
31.7% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mosman splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples, with 58.9% having children and 31% without. Only 9.2% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.2% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mosman, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Mosman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12749/mosman/topic/family-households