2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Olive · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Olive
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and a strong presence of parents with children define daily life in Mount Olive. Most households here are family-based, with 67.9% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Olive — higher than 57% of areas.
| Mount Olive | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2330, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mount Olive has 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. About 22.9% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the national average of 25.6%.
22.9% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Olive, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 7.3% of the total, which is well below both the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 14%.
7.3% ▲ +24.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Olive, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Olive [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12792/mount-olive/topic/family-households