3.2 ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2172, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2172, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes have edged down slightly since 2011, but postcode 2172 remains a place where large households are the norm. With 3.2 people living in the typical home, this area has far more residents per dwelling than the national figure of 2.5.
3.2
▼ -5.9%
- 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 2172, NSW — higher than 99% of areas.
| 2172, NSW | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Liverpool | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 7.7%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the area has some of the highest household sizes around, with 12.6% of homes holding five or more people.
7.7% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2172, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 73.5% of the mix. Only 6.0% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and national averages.
6.0% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2172, NSW, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 2172, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2172/2172-nsw/topic/family-households