2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2849, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2849, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people in postcode 2849 live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This gap helps explain why the area has a much lower number of people per home than most other places. Most households are small, typically containing only one or two people.
2.2
→ 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 2849, NSW — lower than 79% of areas.
| 2849, NSW | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Mid-Western Regional | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, a figure that is a little below the NSW average and has barely changed since 2011. About 31.9% of households are single-person homes, which is well above the state and national levels.
31.9% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 2849, NSW, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples with children, while 39.8% are couples without children. Only 9.9% are one-parent families, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.9% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2849, NSW, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 2849, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2849/2849-nsw/topic/family-households