2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2116, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2116, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person households have risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 2116. Despite this increase, homes here remain more crowded than most other areas, with a typical household of 2.8 people. Most residents live in family groups, and nearly 66% of families consist of couples with children.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 2116, NSW — higher than 86% of areas.
| 2116, NSW | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Parramatta | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in this area hold more people than most other areas, though this has barely changed since 2011. While 22.7% of people live alone—a figure slightly below the national average—the largest group of households contains two people (27.7%).
22.7% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2116, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (23%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 65.8%. One-parent families account for 14.0% of the total, which is higher than most areas, though this is 2.4 percentage points lower than in 2011.
14.0% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2116, NSW, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 2116, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2116/2116-nsw/topic/family-households