2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glen Innes Severn · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Glen Innes Severn
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Glen Innes Severn are made up of just one person, making it an area with a very high proportion of people living alone. This trend has grown since 2011 and contributes to a typical home size that is smaller than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Glen Innes Severn — lower than 90% of areas.
| Glen Innes Severn | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011. This is driven by the 35.6% of people living alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
35.6% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glen Innes Severn splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families in the area are couples, with 42.8% having children and 38.7% without.
17.4% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Glen Innes Severn splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Glen Innes Severn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13010/glen-innes-severn/topic/family-households