Mount Vincent · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Vincent

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than most similar areas define Mount Vincent, where 2.8 people live in the typical home. This is a community where few people live alone, and over half of all families include children.

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📍 Mount Vincent, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Vincent sits — Average household size

2.8 ▲ +3.7%
  • 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 Vincent — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Vincent2.8
2323, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 12.7% of residents live alone, a figure far below the New South Wales and national averages. Because of this, the typical home is larger than usual, with 42.9% of households containing two people and 15.1% holding four.

2.8 ▲ +3.7%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

12.7% ▼ -25.5%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.0%
  • 2016: 16.8%
  • 2021: 12.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Vincent, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 4 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.7%. One-parent families account for 13.2% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.

13.2% ▲ +18.1%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.1%
  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 13.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Vincent, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 31%.

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 Vincent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12810/mount-vincent/topic/family-households