2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2500, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2500, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 2500 than in the rest of the country. This area has a much smaller typical household size than most other regions, with only 2.2 people per home.
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 2500, NSW — lower than 79% of areas.
| 2500, NSW | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Wollongong | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.1% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size is a little below the New South Wales average.
33.1% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2500, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 49.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 13.2%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.2% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2500, NSW, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 2500, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2500/2500-nsw/topic/family-households