2.4 ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Russell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Russell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Mount Russell than in most similar areas, with 18.2% of households consisting of just one person. This is well below both the state and national figures, contributing to a community where family-based living is more common.
2.4
▼ -14.3%
- 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 Russell — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mount Russell | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2360, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mount Russell has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.6. While nearly 30% of households consist of two people, only 18.2% of residents live alone.
18.2% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Russell, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 3 people (31%) and 1 person (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families here at 50.5%. One-parent families account for 15.1% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales average.
15.1% ▲ +88.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Russell, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Russell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12801/mount-russell/topic/family-households