1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mountain Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mountain Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households define daily life in Mountain Bay, where the typical home holds just 1.9 people. This is well below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5, reflecting a community mostly made up of couples and individuals rather than large families.
1.9
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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 Mountain Bay — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two people live in 62.1% of homes, which helps explain why the number of people per home is much lower than most areas. People living alone make up 24.1% of households, a figure a little below the state and national averages.
24.1% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mountain Bay, 2 people is the majority at 72%; 1 person is next at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the vast majority of families at 77.5%. In contrast, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mountain Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 84%; Couples with children is next at 16%.
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 Mountain Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21817/mountain-bay/topic/family-households