2.3 ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Gambier · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mount Gambier
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone and in single-parent homes in Mount Gambier than in 2011. This shift is clear as the number of sole occupants has climbed to 34%, which is well above the national figure. The area now sees a higher proportion of one-parent families compared to most similar places.
2.3
▲ +9.5%
- 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 Gambier — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mount Gambier | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5290, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34% of homes in Mount Gambier are occupied by one person, a figure that is well above the South Australian average. While the typical home holds 2.3 people, this has moved up from 2.1 back in 2011.
34.0% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Gambier splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the local total, which is well above the Australian figure. This is a notable increase from 2011, when they accounted for 13% of families.
17.8% ▲ +36.7%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Gambier, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; 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/ucl/UCL412003/mount-gambier/topic/family-households