2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paterson · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Paterson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Paterson are couples with children, making them the most common household type. While the typical home size mirrors the national figure, there has been a notable increase in the number of one-parent families over the last decade.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Paterson — lower than 57% of areas.
| Paterson | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Paterson hold two people, and the typical size of 2.5 people is about the same as the national figure. Those living alone now make up 24.9% of households, a slight rise since 2011.
24.9% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Paterson, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 3.7 percentage points since the 2011 census.
17.5% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paterson, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Paterson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED136/paterson/topic/family-households