2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barton · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Barton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Barton include children, making it a place where larger households are common. Most homes are shared, with the typical household containing 2.6 people, which is higher than in most other similar areas.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Barton — higher than 57% of areas.
| Barton | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.4% of people live alone, a figure that is a little below the national average and lower than most areas. Two-person households are the most common, making up 31.9% of all homes.
23.4% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 65% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barton, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.5%, while one-parent families account for 13.4%. This last figure is lower than most areas and has remained steady since 2011.
13.4% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barton, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Barton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED102/barton/topic/family-households