2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lower Mitcham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lower Mitcham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much fewer one-parent families live in Lower Mitcham than across South Australia, where the local figure is well below the state average. This area is largely made up of family homes, with couples with children making up 62.6% of the total. Most households are small, typically housing two or three people.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Lower Mitcham — higher than 50% of areas.
| Lower Mitcham | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5062, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Lower Mitcham has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. About 25.5% of residents live alone, a rate that is well below the South Australian average.
25.5% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lower Mitcham, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 8.4% of the local total, which is well below the figures for both the state and Australia. Most families here are couples, with 62.6% having children and 28.3% without.
8.4% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lower Mitcham, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 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 Lower Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40788/lower-mitcham/topic/family-households