2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2839, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2839, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of households in postcode 2839 are headed by couples with children, making this the most common home type. However, the area also sees a very high number of people living alone and one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 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 2839, NSW — lower than 71% of areas.
| 2839, NSW | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Brewarrina | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 37.2% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has grown since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home size of 2.3 people is a little below the Australian average.
37.2% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2839, NSW splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (33%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.4% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has risen since 2011 and is among the highest recorded for similar areas.
34.4% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →2839, NSW splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (34%), with Couples without children at 25%.
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 2839, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2839/2839-nsw/topic/family-households