2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orange · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Orange
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of people in Orange live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This reflects a diverse mix of living arrangements, where one-parent families and small households are more common than in many other parts of the country.
2.5
→ 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 Orange — higher than 71% of areas.
| Orange | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Orange holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Australian figure. While two-person homes are the most common at 33%, the number of people living alone has risen slightly since 2011 to 28.9%.
28.9% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Orange splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.2%. One-parent families account for 16.5% of the total, which is a little above the state and national figures.
16.5% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orange, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16150/orange/topic/family-households