2.0 ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mathoura · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mathoura
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Mathoura than in most similar areas. This has led to a sharp drop in the number of people per home, which fell from 2.8 in 2011 to just 2.0 today.
2.0
▼ -28.6%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Mathoura — lower than 86% of areas.
| Mathoura | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2710, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 42.4% of residents live alone, a figure that rose by 22 points since 2011 and is far above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.0 people, well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
42.4% ▲ +110.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mathoura, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the local mix, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.9%, while couples without children account for 37.0%.
18.1% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mathoura, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Mathoura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121073/mathoura/topic/family-households