2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mole Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mole Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher rate of one-parent families than most similar areas defines the household makeup in Mole Creek. While the typical home holds 2.3 people, about 16% of families are led by a single parent, which is a little above the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Mole Creek — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 43.9%. People living alone make up 26.4% of households, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the Australian figure.
26.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mole Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43.3% of families, followed by couples without children at 38.8%. One-parent families account for 16.0% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
16.0% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mole Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Mole Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60409/mole-creek/topic/family-households