2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Liverpool Plains · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Liverpool Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Liverpool Plains than they were a decade ago. The area now sees 30.8% of households consisting of just one person, a figure well above the national average. This shift is part of a broader trend where the typical home size has slightly decreased over time.
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 Liverpool Plains — lower than 71% of areas.
| Liverpool Plains | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes have risen to 30.8%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This contributes to a typical household size of 2.3 people, slightly below the national figure of 2.5.
30.8% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Liverpool Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the area, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 1.3 percentage points since 2011.
17.4% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Liverpool Plains, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (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 Liverpool Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14920/liverpool-plains/topic/family-households