2.3 —
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Armidale Regional · Council (LGA)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Armidale Regional than in most similar areas. This high number of single-person homes contributes to a typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Armidale Regional — lower than 71% of areas.
| Armidale Regional | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 32% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 35.3% of all households.
2.3 —
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
32.0% —
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Armidale Regional splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.1% of the total, which is a little above the national average of 14.1%. More than half of all families are couples with children, accounting for 51.5%.
16.1% —
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Armidale Regional, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Armidale Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10180/armidale-regional/topic/family-households