3.2 ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Thorley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Thorley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few areas have larger homes than Mount Thorley, where 3.2 people live in the typical house. This is well above the national figure of 2.5. The area is dominated by family living, with very few people living by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
3.2
▲ +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 Thorley — higher than 89% of areas.
| Mount Thorley | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2330, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual household is larger than most, with 3.2 people per home. This explains why only 12% of people live alone, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 25%.
12.0% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Thorley, the largest group is 3 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 65.2% of the area, while one-parent families account for 13%. This last figure is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the state average.
13.0% ▲ +560.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Thorley, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 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 Thorley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12805/mount-thorley/topic/family-households