2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mid-Western Regional · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Mid-Western Regional
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of residents in Mid-Western Regional live alone, with 28.3% of households consisting of just one person. This is a higher rate than both the state and national figures. Most homes here are small, typically housing about 2.4 people.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Mid-Western Regional — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mid-Western Regional | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 36%, while those with only one person have risen slightly to 28.3% since 2011. This last figure is well above the New South Wales rate of 25%.
28.3% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mid-Western Regional, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 13.9%, which is about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
13.9% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mid-Western Regional, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next 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 Mid-Western Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15270/mid-western-regional/topic/family-households