2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glen Innes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Glen Innes
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Glen Innes live alone, which is far above the national figure. This trend has grown since 2011 and helps explain why households here are generally smaller than in other parts of the country.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Glen Innes — lower than 89% of areas.
| Glen Innes | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2370, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Glen Innes holds 2.1 people, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011. This is driven by the 35.6% of residents who live by themselves, a rate far above the Australian average of 25.6%.
35.6% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glen Innes splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the local total, which is well above the national figure and has risen slightly over the last decade. Other common family types include couples with children at 42.8% and those without children at 38.7%.
17.4% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Glen Innes splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Glen Innes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110021190/glen-innes/topic/family-households