2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2341, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2341, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person homes and one-parent families set postcode 2341 apart from most other areas. Small household sizes are common here, with a typical home holding just 2.2 people. This is notably lower than the national figure of 2.5.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 2341, NSW — lower than 79% of areas.
| 2341, NSW | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Liverpool Plains | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common, making up 35.4% of all households—a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%. This trend has risen since 2011 and helps explain why the usual number of people per home has edged down to 2.2.
35.4% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2341, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.7% of the total, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. This is among the highest rates for this type of family at this level, and it has risen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
24.7% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2341, NSW, the largest group is Couples with children at 39%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 2341, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2341/2341-nsw/topic/family-households