2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Gambier · Urban Area
Family & Households in Mount Gambier
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Mount Gambier are couples with children. This makes it a key residential hub for the region, though a growing number of people are now living on their own.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Gambier — lower than 86% of areas.
| Mount Gambier | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5290, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 32.4% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Mount Gambier has 2.3 people, slightly lower than the Australian average of 2.5.
32.4% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 83% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Gambier splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.5% of families, while 30.8% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 16.7%, a figure that is a little above the national average of 14.1%.
16.7% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Gambier, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4002/mount-gambier/topic/family-households