2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mountain View · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mountain View
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 74% of families in Mountain View, far more than the national average. This is a place where large family units are common, which helps explain why very few people live alone here.
2.6
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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 View — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mountain View holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 16.7% of households are people living alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mountain View, the largest group is 4 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 2 people (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 3.9% of the total, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 74% raising children and 22.1% without children.
3.9% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mountain View, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21818/mountain-view/topic/family-households