2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Camel · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Camel
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Mount Camel than in most of the country, with a typical household size of just 2.0 people. This is well below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5. The area is mainly made up of couples, with nearly 68% of families being couples without children.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Mount Camel — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much smaller than in most areas, with typical households containing only 2.0 people. About 21.1% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
21.1% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Camel, 2 people is the majority at 66%; 1 person is next at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 67.8%. One-parent families account for 12.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
12.6% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Camel, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 22%.
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 Mount Camel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21781/mount-camel/topic/family-households