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.
Richmond Valley · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Richmond Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Richmond Valley are couples with children. This mix of households is marked by a high number of single parents compared to the rest of the state. While home sizes are typical for the region, more people here live on their own than in the average Australian home.
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 Richmond Valley — lower than 57% of areas.
| Richmond Valley | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.2% of people in Richmond Valley live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This has risen slightly since 2011, though the typical home still holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as across New South Wales.
29.2% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Richmond Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has remained steady since 2011.
18.4% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Richmond Valley, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Richmond Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16610/richmond-valley/topic/family-households