2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mylestom · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mylestom
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small home sizes and a high number of single-person households shape daily life in Mylestom. The area is mostly made up of two-person homes, with 30.2% of residents living alone.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Mylestom — lower than 76% of areas.
| Mylestom | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2454, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Fewer people live in each home here than in most areas, with a typical size of 2.2 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, and 30.2% of households are people living alone, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 25.0%.
30.2% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mylestom, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.4% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages of around 14%. Other common family types include couples without children at 38.4% and couples with children at 36.4%.
22.4% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mylestom splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (37%), with One-parent families at 23%.
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 Mylestom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12886/mylestom/topic/family-households