2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Charles · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Mount Charles, where most homes hold more people than the national typical. The area is dominated by family units, with a striking absence of one-parent households compared to the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Charles — higher than 57% of areas.
| Mount Charles | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5267, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
People per home average 2.6, which is higher than most areas and a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Mount Charles, the largest group is 3 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 2 people (23%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.3% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for 0.0%, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Mount Charles, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mount Charles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40940/mount-charles/topic/family-households