3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Cottrell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Cottrell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Mount Cottrell include children, making it a place where large households are common. This family-focused trend is reflected in the typical home, which holds 3.0 people—a figure that is higher than most other areas in the country.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Cottrell — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 3.0 people per home, households here are larger than the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in a low number of people living alone, at 17.4%, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
17.4% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Cottrell, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.7% of the area, a figure that is much higher than most other areas and well above the national average of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, accounting for 52% of the total.
19.7% ▲ +194.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Cottrell, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Cottrell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21786/mount-cottrell/topic/family-households