2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Armidale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Armidale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Armidale than in most other areas, with 32.8% of households being single-person homes. This trend has grown since 2011 and contributes to the area having fewer people per home than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Armidale — lower than 71% of areas.
| Armidale | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2350, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Armidale hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This reflects the fact that one-person households are well above the national rate, making up nearly a third of all homes.
32.8% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Armidale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. In other homes, couples with children are the most common group at 50.8%.
17.4% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Armidale, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110011186/armidale/topic/family-households