2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Unincorporated NSW · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Unincorporated NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower rates of single-parent families set Unincorporated NSW apart from the rest of the state. The area has 9.3% of families with one parent, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most homes here are family-based, with a typical household size of 2.5 people.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Unincorporated NSW — higher than 71% of areas.
| Unincorporated NSW | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.5 people, a figure that has moved up since 2011. While 37.1% of households contain two people, those living alone account for 25.8%, which is lower than most areas.
25.8% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Unincorporated NSW, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.7% of families, while couples without children account for 33.9%. Only 9.3% are one-parent families, a proportion that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
9.3% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Unincorporated NSW, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Unincorporated NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA19399/unincorporated-nsw/topic/family-households