2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Egerton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Egerton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 7% of families in Mount Egerton are headed by a single parent, a figure well below the national average. This reflects a community where the vast majority of households are couples, with a typical home size that matches the rest of Australia.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Egerton — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Mount Egerton house two people (36.3%), and the typical household size is 2.5 people. About 23.4% of people live alone, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
23.4% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Egerton, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples, with 62.2% raising children and another 30.1% without. The proportion of one-parent families is much lower than the state and national figures.
7.0% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Egerton, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Egerton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21792/mount-egerton/topic/family-households