2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hume · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Hume
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Hume than in the rest of the country. This area is mostly made up of larger households, with 61.8% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Hume — higher than 79% of areas.
| Hume | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Hume has 2.8 people, which is much higher than in most areas. While the number of people living alone rose to 20.8% since 2011, this is still well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.8% ▲ +25.8%
Lower than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hume, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 61.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.9%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
12.9% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hume, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED120/hume/topic/family-households