2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2485, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2485, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 38% of people in postcode 2485 live alone, which is far above the national figure. This contributes to a small typical household size of just two people, making it one of the lowest areas for home occupancy in the region.
2.0
→ 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 2485, NSW — lower than 90% of areas.
| 2485, NSW | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Tweed | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 37.6% of residents living alone, this area has a much higher rate of single-person homes than the 25.6% seen across Australia. Most households here consist of either one or two people, and this pattern has barely changed since 2011.
37.6% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2485, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.1% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% national average. Couples with and without children are the most common family types, each representing around 40% of families.
19.1% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →2485, NSW splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families 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 2485, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2485/2485-nsw/topic/family-households