2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Barker · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Barker
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Mount Barker are couples with children, making it a primary hub for family life. The area follows national trends for household size, with the typical home housing two or three people.
2.5
→ 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 Mount Barker — higher than 50% of areas.
| Mount Barker | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5251, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Roughly a quarter of residents live alone, a rate that is well below the South Australian average.
25.3% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Barker, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.7% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure. Couples with children are the most common family type at 56.7%.
15.7% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Barker, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40932/mount-barker/topic/family-households