2.1 ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Victoria · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mount Victoria
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people live alone in Mount Victoria, a figure far above the national average. This shift toward smaller households means the typical home now holds just 2.1 people, down from 3.0 back in 2011.
2.1
▼ -30.0%
- 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 Mount Victoria — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mount Victoria | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2786, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households have risen sharply to 39.3% since 2011. This is much higher than most areas, leaving the typical home here slightly smaller than the usual Australian household.
39.3% ▲ +144.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Victoria splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.9% of families in the area. One-parent families represent 16.1%, which is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2011.
16.1% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Victoria, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Victoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121083/mount-victoria/topic/family-households