2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mitchell Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mitchell Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of the population in Mitchell Park lives alone, which is well above the national figure. This mix of single-person homes and family units shapes the local residential landscape, with about 28.7% of households consisting of just one person.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Mitchell Park — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mitchell Park has 2.5 people, which is about the same as across Victoria and Australia. While nearly 29% of residents live alone, two-person households are the most common group at 32.9%.
28.7% ▲ +41.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mitchell Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.5% of the local total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 55.9% of families.
19.5% ▲ +40.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mitchell Park, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Mitchell Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21707/mitchell-park/topic/family-households