2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mystery Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mystery Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the largest group in Mystery Bay, with 62.1% of families fitting this description. This contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the country. The area is defined by a high number of small households and a low proportion of single-parent families.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Mystery Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Mystery Bay | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2546, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mystery Bay are small, with only 2.0 people per home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 30.3% of people live alone, a rate well above the New South Wales figure of 25.0%.
30.3% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mystery Bay, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 32%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Only 9.3% of families are one-parent families, which is well below both the state and national averages of around 14%. The most common family type is couples without children, who represent 62.1% of the total.
9.3% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mystery Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 63%; Couples with children is next at 28%.
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 Mystery Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12894/mystery-bay/topic/family-households