3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Druitt · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Druitt
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Mount Druitt than in most other areas, with a typical household of 3.1 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, marking the area as a place where large family groups are common.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Druitt — higher than 88% of areas.
| Mount Druitt | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2770, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, household sizes here are among the highest for similar areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 20% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
20.0% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Druitt splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 1 person (20%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 68.9% of families, while one-parent families account for 15.9%. This last figure is much higher than most areas and a little above the national average of 14.1%.
15.9% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Druitt, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; One-parent families is next at 16%.
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 Druitt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12767/mount-druitt/topic/family-households