3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blaxland · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Blaxland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 65.3% of families in Blaxland, making it a place where large households are common. The area is defined by a strong presence of family units, with far fewer people living alone compared to the rest of the state and country.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 Blaxland — higher than 99% of areas.
| Blaxland | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Blaxland are larger than usual, with 3.2 people per home, a figure well above the Australian average of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, which at 19.4% is well below the national figure.
19.4% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Blaxland splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 1 person (19%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.7% of the local total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the New South Wales average of 14.0%, though the figure fell slightly since 2011.
16.7% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blaxland, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 17%.
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 Blaxland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED105/blaxland/topic/family-households