Mount View · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount View

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all homes in Mount View are lived in by couples with children. This makes it a family-focused area where the typical household has 2.5 people, matching the national figure.

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Where Mount View sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -7.4%
  • 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 View — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount View2.5
2325, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 13.6% of people here live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by two people (38.6%) or four people (22.7%).

2.5 ▼ -7.4%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.6% ▲ +20.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 18.9%
  • 2021: 13.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount View, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 49.5% of families, while 44.2% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.5%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.

10.5% ▼ -23.8%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.8%
  • 2016: 6.9%
  • 2021: 10.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount View, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (42%) and One-parent families (10%).

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 View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12809/mount-view/topic/family-households