2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mulgrave · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mulgrave
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Mulgrave than in most similar areas. This is a place where family life dominates, with a typical household of 2.8 people and very few residents living by themselves.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Mulgrave — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The usual home here holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This trend is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 17.6%, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.6% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mulgrave, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 63.4% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.2%, a figure that is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.2% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mulgrave, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Mulgrave [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21827/mulgrave/topic/family-households