2.2 —
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Edward River · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Edward River
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in three people in Edward River live alone, contributing to a smaller-than-average household size. This trend has grown since 2016, making the area feel less crowded than the state and national figures.
2.2
—
- 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 Edward River — lower than 86% of areas.
| Edward River | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds just 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by the 33.4% of residents who live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average.
33.4% —
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Edward River splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (33%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.1%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure and has fallen since 2016.
13.1% —
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Edward River, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Edward River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12730/edward-river/topic/family-households