2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Taylor · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Taylor
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Mount Taylor, where 63.1% of families consist of couples with children. This creates a community feel focused on family life, with far fewer people living alone than in the typical Victorian suburb.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Taylor — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 19.7% of residents live alone, a figure well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
19.7% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Taylor, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are the norm here, making up 63.1% of the total. Only 9.2% of families are headed by a single parent, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.2% ▲ +73.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Taylor, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Taylor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21813/mount-taylor/topic/family-households