2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mornington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mornington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 45% of people in Mornington live alone, which is one of the highest rates for this type of area. This makes the community feel quite different from the rest of the state, as homes here tend to be smaller with fewer people in them.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Mornington — lower than 81% of areas.
| Mornington | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4825 crosses QLD/NT | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This low number is driven by the fact that 44.5% of households are just one person, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
44.5% ▲ +41.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mornington, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (27%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 16.7% of the total. This is a little above the Australian average of 14.1% and much higher than in most similar areas.
16.7% ▲ +41.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mornington, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Mornington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31923/mornington/topic/family-households