2.8 ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Compass · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mount Compass
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Mount Compass than they did in 2011, leading to larger household sizes. The typical home now holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. This shift has created a community where the vast majority of residents live in family units.
2.8
▲ +21.7%
- 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 Compass — higher than 81% of areas.
| Mount Compass | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5210, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people per home has risen from 2.3 in 2011 to 2.8, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 13.4% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the South Australian average and among the lowest for areas of this size.
13.4% ▼ -55.5%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Compass, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.7% of the area, while one-parent families are much lower than most areas at 9.7%. This proportion of single-parent homes is well below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
9.7% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Compass, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Compass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415031/mount-compass/topic/family-households