Mount Frome · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Frome

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family life in Mount Frome has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on couples. Most homes here house more people than the national average, as a high proportion of the community consists of families with children.

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📍 Mount Frome, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Frome sits — Average household size

2.8
  • 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 Frome — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Frome2.8
2850, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes in Mount Frome hold 2.8 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is partly because only 19% of people live alone, a figure well below the national rate of 25.6%.

2.8

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

19.0%

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.7%
  • 2021: 19.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Frome, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (9%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up over half of all families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 3.6% of the total, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.

3.6%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 3.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Frome, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 35%.

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 Frome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12771/mount-frome/topic/family-households