2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mangalore · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mangalore
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Mangalore compared to the rest of the country, with only 9.5% of households being single-person homes. This makes it a place where most residents share their living space, differing sharply from the state and national figures.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Mangalore — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 60.3% of all households. The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
9.5% ▼ -44.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mangalore, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 4 people is next at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with and without children are equally common, each accounting for 40% of families. One-parent families make up 11.5%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.5% ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mangalore splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Mangalore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21592/mangalore/topic/family-households