2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mountain River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mountain River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few people live alone in Mountain River, where homes are often shared by more residents than in most other areas. This creates a community where the vast majority of households are built around family units, with 2.7 people living in the typical home.
2.7
→ 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 Mountain River — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. Only 16.2% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below the state average of 29.0%.
16.2% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mountain River, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.9% of families here. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, making up just 7.0% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
7.0% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mountain River, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Mountain River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60436/mountain-river/topic/family-households