2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Bolton · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller households has seen Mount Bolton evolve over the last decade. The area is now defined by a very high proportion of couples without children and a complete absence of single-parent families. These trends contribute to a typical home size that is smaller than the national average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Bolton — lower than 81% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes in Mount Bolton are smaller than usual, with 2.1 people per household. This is a little below the figure for both Victoria and Australia, which both sit at 2.5.
2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Mount Bolton, 2 people is the majority at 100%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 44%, while couples with children account for 24%. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Mount Bolton, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mount Bolton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21775/mount-bolton/topic/family-households