2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mylestom · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mylestom
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significant drop in solo living has shaped the local home life in Mylestom since 2011. While single-person households fell by 7.2 percentage points over the decade, the area now has a notably high rate of one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Mylestom — lower than 64% of areas.
| Mylestom | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2454, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mylestom are generally smaller than most, with a typical size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. About 30.2% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average.
30.2% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mylestom, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.4% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This is a much higher rate than in most similar areas, though it has fallen from 30% in 2011.
22.4% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mylestom splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (37%), with One-parent families at 23%.
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 Mylestom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122094/mylestom/topic/family-households