3.2 ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mulgoa · State Electorate
Family & Households in Mulgoa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are common in Mulgoa, where a typical home holds 3.2 people. This figure is well above the national average of 2.5, reflecting a community where few people live alone and families tend to be the primary household type.
3.2
▼ -3.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Mulgoa — higher than 99% of areas.
| Mulgoa | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.2 people per home, household sizes here are among the highest for similar areas. Very few residents live alone, at just 12.0%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
12.0% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mulgoa splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 69.5% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.8%, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen 7.8 percentage points since 2011.
12.8% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mulgoa, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Mulgoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10055/mulgoa/topic/family-households