Mourquong · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mourquong

How families and households are made up across the area.

A high number of people living alone and couples without children shape the domestic life of Mourquong. The typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. There are no one-parent families in the area, making it very different from the state average.

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Where Mourquong sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Mourquong — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mourquong2.5
2739, NSW 2.6
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 27.3% of people here live alone, which is higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Most households consist of two people, making up 63.6% of the total.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.3%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 26.9%
  • 2021: 27.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mourquong, 2 people is the majority at 61%; 1 person is next at 26%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up over half of all families at 52.9%, while couples with children account for 39.2%. No one-parent families live here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mourquong, Couples without children is the majority at 57%; Couples with children is next at 43%.

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 Mourquong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12820/mourquong/topic/family-households