Mount Magnificent · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Magnificent

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples without children make up more than half of all families in Mount Magnificent. This sparsely populated area has very small households, with the typical home housing only 2.1 people.

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📍 Mount Magnificent, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Magnificent sits — Average household size

2.1 —
  • 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 Magnificent — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Magnificent2.1
5210, SA 2.7
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 33.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical household size of 2.1 people is much lower than most other areas.

2.1 —

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.3% —

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 22.7%
  • 2021: 33.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Magnificent, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families are completely absent here, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Most families consist of couples, with 54.5% having no children.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 21.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Magnificent, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 40%.

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 Magnificent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40954/mount-magnificent/topic/family-households