2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Prospect
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer one-parent families live in Mount Prospect than in most other parts of the country. This quiet area sees a much lower share of single-parent homes compared to both Victoria and Australia, contributing to a family-focused profile where nearly half of all households consist of couples with children.
2.3
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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 Prospect — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mount Prospect typically hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Household size
View on map →Mount Prospect splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (29%), with 1 person at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 8.8% of the area, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 47.1%, followed by couples without children at 26.5%.
8.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Prospect, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21808/mount-prospect/topic/family-households