Mowbray Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mowbray Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live in each home in Mowbray Park than in most similar areas. This is a place of large households, where almost no one lives alone and families with children are the norm.

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📍 Mowbray Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Mowbray Park sits — Average household size

3.4 —
  • 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 Mowbray Park — higher than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mowbray Park3.4
2571, NSW 3.0
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 3.4 people per home, household sizes are well above the national figure of 2.5. Not a single person lives alone here, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.4 —

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.5
  • 2021: 3.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Mowbray Park splits fairly evenly between 3 people (31%) and 4 people (31%), with 2 people at 27%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 67.1% of families, while one-parent families are much lower than most areas at just 3.9%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.

3.9% —

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 3.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mowbray Park, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 35%.

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 Mowbray Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12821/mowbray-park/topic/family-households