2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2355, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2355, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 2355 than in the rest of the state. This high number of single-person households means the typical home here is smaller than the national figure, with only 2.2 people per house.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 2355, NSW — lower than 79% of areas.
| 2355, NSW | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Tamworth Regional | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.5% of residents live by themselves, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than most areas, with 40.3% of households containing two people and 34.5% containing just one.
34.5% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 2355, NSW, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.9% of families in the area, while couples without children account for 43%. One-parent families make up 11.3%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure but has risen slightly since 2011.
11.3% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →2355, NSW splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 2355, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2355/2355-nsw/topic/family-households