2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Wallace · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Wallace
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Mount Wallace compared to the rest of the state, with only 9.3% of households consisting of one person. This makes the area stand out for its high proportion of larger households and family units.
2.7
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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 Wallace — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas. This shift is reflected in the breakdown, where 32.6% of households have two people and 25.6% have three.
9.3% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Wallace, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 3 people (28%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 55.4% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.9%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.9% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Wallace, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Wallace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21815/mount-wallace/topic/family-households