2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2371, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2371, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes shape daily life in postcode 2371, where the typical home holds just 2.0 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a very high proportion of people living on their own.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 2371, NSW — lower than 90% of areas.
| 2371, NSW | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Glen Innes Severn | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 39.0% of residents live alone, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. This trend has risen since 2011 and helps explain why the number of people per home has fallen to 2.0.
39.0% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2371, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families are couples without children, at 48.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 11.8% of the total, a figure that is a little below the national average and has barely changed over the last decade.
11.8% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2371, NSW, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 2371, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2371/2371-nsw/topic/family-households