2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mountain View · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mountain View
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 14.5% of people live alone in Mountain View, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area stand out as a place where most residents live in shared homes. Large households are common here, with a typical home holding 2.7 people.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 View — higher than 71% of areas.
| Mountain View | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2460, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, and the number of people living alone is much lower than both the state and national figures. The most common household size is two people, making up 42% of homes.
14.5% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mountain View, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families are couples with children, at 54.5%. One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, which is a little below the average for New South Wales and Australia.
11.5% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mountain View, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12819/mountain-view/topic/family-households