3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Mercer · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Mercer
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher number of people share each home in Mount Mercer compared to most other areas. The community is dominated by families, with a striking absence of single-parent households.
3.0
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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 Mercer — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per household, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that fewer people live alone here than in most areas.
19.4% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Mercer, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 77.1% of families in Mount Mercer. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Mercer, Couples with children is the majority at 77%; 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 Mercer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21804/mount-mercer/topic/family-households