2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orange · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Orange
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of households in Orange consist of just one person, a figure far above the national average. This trend has grown since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than in most other areas. While couples with children are common, there is a notable number of single-parent families.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Orange — lower than 86% of areas.
| Orange | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2800, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 36.4% of people in Orange live alone, which is far above the 25.6% national figure. This contributed to the usual number of people per home edging down to 2.2, which is much lower than most similar areas.
36.4% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Orange splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.1% of the total, a figure well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This is part of a broader mix where couples with children account for 49.6% of families, while those without children make up 28.7%.
20.1% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orange, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103041077/orange/topic/family-households