2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Osmond · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Osmond
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Mount Osmond than in the rest of South Australia, with only 14.6% of households consisting of one person. This creates a community where homes are larger and more likely to be shared, with a typical household size of 2.8 people.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Osmond — higher than 76% of areas.
| Mount Osmond | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5064, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 2.8 people per home compared to a national figure of 2.5. While nearly 40% of households have two people, the number of people living alone is far below the state average.
14.6% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Osmond, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (28%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, who make up 62.5% of the total. Only 6.8% are one-parent families, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
6.8% ▲ +39.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Osmond, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Osmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40959/mount-osmond/topic/family-households