2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blue Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blue Mountain
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family life in Blue Mountain has shifted as it becomes a place where large households and single-parent families are much more common than in other areas. Most homes are now crowded with more people than the national figure, and hardly anyone lives alone here.
2.8
—
- 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 Blue Mountain — higher than 76% of areas.
| Blue Mountain | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4737, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Blue Mountain are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that no one lives alone here, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blue Mountain, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (24%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 34.0% of the area, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is one of the highest proportions for this type of family among similar areas.
34.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blue Mountain, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (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 Blue Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30290/blue-mountain/topic/family-households