3.3 ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Lewis · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Lewis
How families and households are made up across the area.
An average of 3.3 people live in each home in Mount Lewis, a figure well above the national average of 2.5. This reflects a community where large households are common and very few people live by themselves. The area is dominated by families, particularly couples raising children.
3.3
▲ +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 Lewis — higher than 91% of areas.
| Mount Lewis | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2190, NSW | 3.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are much larger than those in other areas, with 3.3 people per household compared to 2.6 in New South Wales. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 14.2%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
14.2% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Lewis splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 3 people (21%), with 5 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72%. One-parent families account for 14.4% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.
14.4% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Lewis, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; One-parent families is next at 14%.
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 Lewis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12785/mount-lewis/topic/family-households