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.
2790, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2790, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in postcode 2790 are couples with children. This area sees a high number of people living alone, which helps explain why the typical home holds fewer people than the national figure.
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 2790, NSW — lower than 79% of areas.
| 2790, NSW | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Lithgow | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.4% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the same rate for Australia. Consequently, the usual home has 2.2 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
35.4% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2790, NSW splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.7% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
18.7% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2790, NSW, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (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 2790, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2790/2790-nsw/topic/family-households