3.4 ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2761, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2761, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Households in postcode 2761 have slightly shrunk in size since 2011, but they remain much larger than most. With a typical 3.4 people per home, this area is far more crowded than the national figure of 2.5.
3.4
▼ -2.9%
- 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 2761, NSW — higher than 99% of areas.
| 2761, NSW | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| Blacktown | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often full, with 25.6% housing four people and 12.4% holding five. This helps explain why only 11.1% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
11.1% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2761, NSW splits fairly evenly between 4 people (26%) and 2 people (22%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72.1%. One-parent families account for 13.3%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
13.3% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2761, NSW, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
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 2761, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2761/2761-nsw/topic/family-households