2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Far West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Far West
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of all homes in Far West are lived in by just one person. This high number of single-person households stands out against the state average, though the typical household size of 2.4 people remains about the same as the national figure.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Far West — lower than 64% of areas.
| Far West | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2880, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes make up 36.7% of the area, which is far above the 25.6% national average and has risen since 2011. These one-person households are the most common, followed by two-person homes at 31.2%.
36.7% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Far West, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.7% of the total, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 14%. This has risen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children represent the largest family group at 41.8%.
24.7% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Far West, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (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 Far West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105021098/far-west/topic/family-households