2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Arthur · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Arthur
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Mount Arthur compared to the state and national figures. This standout trend is reflected in the local housing mix, where 31% of all households are single-person dwellings.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Mount Arthur — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mount Arthur | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2820, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 31% of households consisting of one person, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. The typical home holds 2.4 people, roughly the same as across Australia.
31.0% ▲ +48.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Arthur, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 4.9% of the area, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%. Most families consist of couples, with 54.3% being couples without children and 49.4% being couples with children.
4.9% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mount Arthur splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (50%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 Mount Arthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12758/mount-arthur/topic/family-households