2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mulwala · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mulwala
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes have become more common in Mulwala, with 29% of homes now occupied by just one person. This shift reflects a broader trend where dwellings are smaller and more likely to house single residents than in other parts of the state.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Mulwala — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mulwala | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2647, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mulwala holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 29% of households consist of one person, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%.
29.0% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mulwala, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.6% of families, while couples without children account for 42.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 9.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.9% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mulwala splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Mulwala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12841/mulwala/topic/family-households