2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mitre · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mitre
How families and households are made up across the area.
A very low rate of single-parent families defines the home life of Mitre. Most households consist of couples with children, making the area feel more traditional than the state or national average.
2.5
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- 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 Mitre — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mitre holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. About 25% of people live alone, a rate that sits around the middle for similar areas.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mitre splits fairly evenly between 3 people (31%) and 4 people (28%), with 2 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families here. Only 4.8% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most other areas.
4.8% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mitre, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Mitre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21710/mitre/topic/family-households