2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burwood · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Burwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 2.7 people live in the typical home in Burwood, which is much higher than most similar areas. This high density is driven by a large number of family households, with relatively few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Burwood — higher than 86% of areas.
| Burwood | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are uncommon here, making up 22.7% of all households, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. However, the number of people living alone has risen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
22.7% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Burwood, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.7% of families, while one-parent families account for 13.0%. This last figure is a little below the New South Wales average of 14.0% and has barely changed over the last decade.
13.0% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burwood, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11300/burwood/topic/family-households