2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Keira · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Keira
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 66.4% of families in Mount Keira, the largest household group in the area. This contributes to a community where homes are generally more crowded than the national average, with fewer people living by themselves.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Keira — higher than 81% of areas.
| Mount Keira | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2500, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mount Keira typically hold 2.9 people, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.5. Only 17.1% of people live alone, a rate well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.1% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Keira, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.4% of the local total, which is around the middle for similar areas but well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.4% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Keira, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Keira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12779/mount-keira/topic/family-households