2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mountain Top · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mountain Top
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households are a defining feature of Mountain Top, where the typical home holds far fewer people than in most similar areas. While many residents live in couples, there is a notably higher proportion of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.1
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- 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 Top — lower than 81% of areas.
| Mountain Top | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mountain Top are small, with just 2.1 people per household. This is much lower than most other areas and sits a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
Household size
View on map →Mountain Top splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.4% of the area, which is much higher than in most similar places. These families are a little more common here than the national figure of 14.1%.
15.4% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mountain Top splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 Top [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12818/mountain-top/topic/family-households