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.
2834, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2834, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge 44.1% of people in postcode 2834 live alone, which is far above the national figure. This creates a landscape of very small households, with the typical home holding only two people. It is an area where single-person living and one-parent families are much more common than in most other parts of the country.
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 2834, NSW — lower than 90% of areas.
| 2834, NSW | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Walgett | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 44.1% of people living alone, the number of people per home is just 2.0, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This trend has barely changed since 2011, and the most common household size remains a single person.
44.1% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 2834, NSW, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.6% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. This high proportion of single parents exists alongside a mix of couples with children (39.4%) and couples without children (35.1%).
24.6% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →2834, NSW splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (35%), with One-parent families at 24%.
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 2834, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2834/2834-nsw/topic/family-households