3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mailors Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mailors Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and few single-person dwellings define daily life in Mailors Flat, where the typical household holds 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure and reflects a community heavily shaped by family living.
3.0
▲ +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 Mailors Flat — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, with only 13.6% of households being single-person dwellings, a figure far below both the state and national averages. Most homes are larger than usual, as 34.0% house two people and 23.1% house four.
13.6% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mailors Flat, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common, with 69.0% of households consisting of couples with children. One-parent families make up only 7.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure.
7.1% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mailors Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next 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 Mailors Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21576/mailors-flat/topic/family-households