2.4 —
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Snowy Monaro Regional · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Snowy Monaro Regional
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Snowy Monaro Regional are couples with children, making them the most common household type. This reflects a family-focused area where the typical home size is about 2.4 people, which is very close to the national figure.
2.4
—
- 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 Snowy Monaro Regional — lower than 57% of areas.
| Snowy Monaro Regional | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of residents live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Two-person homes are the most common individual household size at 36.7%, while the overall number of people per home has edged up slightly since 2016.
29.7% —
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Snowy Monaro Regional, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12% of the total, which is a little below the national and state figures. This has remained steady since 2016, while couples without children account for another 33.9% of the family mix.
12.0% —
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Snowy Monaro Regional, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Snowy Monaro Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17040/snowy-monaro-regional/topic/family-households