2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mountain Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mountain Lagoon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Mountain Lagoon, where the typical home holds just 2.3 people. This is a little below the national figure and suggests a community of smaller living groups rather than large family hubs.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Mountain Lagoon — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mountain Lagoon | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2758, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20% of residents live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia. Most homes are occupied by two people (56.7%) or three people (36.7%).
20.0% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mountain Lagoon, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 3 people (32%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Instead, the area is made up of couples with children (60.6%) and those without children (50.0%).
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mountain Lagoon, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 45%.
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 Mountain Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12817/mountain-lagoon/topic/family-households