2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Glasgow · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Glasgow
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Mount Glasgow are occupied by people living alone, a rate far higher than most similar areas. This has led to a small typical household size, with just 2.2 people per home.
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 Glasgow — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 45.7% of households consist of one person, which is far above the 25.6% national figure. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household size is a little below the Australian average.
45.7% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Glasgow, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.4% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.9%, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.9% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Glasgow, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Glasgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21797/mount-glasgow/topic/family-households