2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mullaway · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mullaway
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Mullaway than in most other areas, with a typical home holding 2.7 people. This creates a community where most households are shared, contributing to a local environment that is more family-focused than the state or national average.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Mullaway — higher than 71% of areas.
| Mullaway | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2456, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15% of people live by themselves, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 42.7%, and the typical home size is about the same as across New South Wales.
15.0% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mullaway, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 17.2% of the total. This share of single-parent homes is well above both the state and national figures.
17.2% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mullaway, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Mullaway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12833/mullaway/topic/family-households