2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Central Darling · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Central Darling
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone or in single-parent families in Central Darling compared to the rest of the state. This gap is striking, with nearly 40% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown over the last decade, contributing to a typical home size that is slightly smaller than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Central Darling — lower than 71% of areas.
| Central Darling | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 39.9% of people here live alone, a figure that is far above the New South Wales average of 25%. With so many single-person homes, the typical household has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and has edged down since 2011.
39.9% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Central Darling, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 30.6% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This has risen by 5.4 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children account for 35.9% of families.
30.6% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Central Darling splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (36%) and Couples without children (31%), with One-parent families at 31%.
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 Central Darling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11700/central-darling/topic/family-households