2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Compass · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Compass
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are now the norm in Mount Compass, where people are more likely to live in groups than in other areas. The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a high number of families with children living together.
2.8
→ 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 Compass — higher than 76% of areas.
| Mount Compass | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5210, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, household sizes are much higher than most areas. Only 14.7% of residents live alone, which is far below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
14.7% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Compass, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.1% of the local mix. One-parent families account for 8.9%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.9% ▲ +24.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Compass, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Compass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40941/mount-compass/topic/family-households