2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parkes · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Parkes
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national average for single-person homes, Parkes has a distinct household profile where nearly a third of residents live alone. This trend is mirrored in family life, with one-parent families making up a much larger share of the community than in most other areas.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Parkes — lower than 57% of areas.
| Parkes | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 31.2% of people in Parkes live alone, a figure that is well above the New South Wales and national averages. While the typical home holds 2.4 people, this number has edged down since 2011.
31.2% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Parkes splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This has risen since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 51.7%.
18.6% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Parkes, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16200/parkes/topic/family-households