2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hay · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Hay
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Hay than in most other areas, with a third of all households consisting of just one person. This creates a smaller typical home size compared to the rest of the state, reflecting a shift toward smaller living arrangements across the region.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Hay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Hay | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Hay has 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011. This is driven by the 33.5% of residents who live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.
33.5% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.5%, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%, though this has fallen slightly since 2011.
15.5% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hay, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13850/hay/topic/family-households