2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Reid · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Reid
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well below the national average of 14.1%, just 10.7% of families in Reid are headed by a single parent. This is a family-focused area where the majority of homes are couples with children. The overall household makeup remains steady, reflecting a stable residential profile for the region.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Reid — lower than 57% of areas.
| Reid | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Reid holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common at 34.7%, while the share of people living alone has fallen slightly since 2011 to 23.9%.
23.9% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Reid, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57%, while couples without children account for 30.3%. The proportion of one-parent families is much lower than most areas and has fallen nearly 5 percentage points since 2011.
10.7% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Reid, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Reid [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED137/reid/topic/family-households