2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mowbray · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mowbray
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Mowbray are couples with children, making them the most common household type. This community has a notable number of single-parent homes and people living alone compared to other areas. These patterns contribute to a typical household size of 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▲ +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 Mowbray — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.3% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 25.6%. Overall, the typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as in Tasmania and across Australia.
31.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mowbray splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.6% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. Couples with children are the largest group at 50.2%, while couples without children account for 25.2%.
22.6% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mowbray, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Mowbray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60437/mowbray/topic/family-households