2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Evelyn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Evelyn
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-average households have become a defining feature of Mount Evelyn since 2011. Most homes here are family-based, with a typical household of 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure. This creates a community where few people live by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▼ -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 Evelyn — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.1% of people live alone here, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Mount Evelyn holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than in most other areas.
18.1% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Evelyn, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 66.2% of households, while one-parent families account for 10.2%. This last figure is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.2% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Evelyn, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Evelyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21795/mount-evelyn/topic/family-households