2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Marsden · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Marsden
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher rate of people living alone than the state average defines the household makeup of Mount Marsden. This trend contributes to the area's small home sizes, where the typical household has just 2.1 people.
2.1
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- 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 Marsden — lower than 81% of areas.
| Mount Marsden | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2849, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One third of all homes (33.3%) are occupied by a single person, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, Mount Marsden has much lower occupancy than most areas, with 2.1 people per home.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Marsden, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 41.2% of families, while 14.7% are one-parent families. This last figure is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
14.7% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Marsden, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Marsden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12787/mount-marsden/topic/family-households