2.1 ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mendooran · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mendooran
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person homes have surged in Mendooran, with 43.5% of households now consisting of one person. This shift has seen the typical number of people per home fall from 2.7 in 2011 to 2.1 today, making it a much smaller living arrangement than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -22.2%
- 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 Mendooran — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mendooran | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2842, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, and this trend has jumped 23 points since 2011. Consequently, the typical home holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
43.5% ▲ +109.7%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mendooran, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.3% of the area, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. Half of all families are couples with children, while 27.3% are couples without children.
19.3% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mendooran, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Mendooran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122085/mendooran/topic/family-households