2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Doran · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Doran
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher proportion of people now live alone in Mount Doran than in previous years. This shift is part of a trend toward smaller households, with a typical home now housing just 2.2 people.
2.2
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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 Mount Doran — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 37.3% of all households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.2 people, which is a little below the state average.
37.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Doran splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (36%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 44.6%, followed by couples without children at 37.0%. One-parent families represent 14.1% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
14.1% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Doran, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Doran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21788/mount-doran/topic/family-households