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.
Inverell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Inverell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 46.2% of family units in Inverell, the most common household type in the area. However, the town has a high number of people living alone and a much higher rate of one-parent families than the national average. This mix contributes to a typical home size that is smaller than most other Australian areas.
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 Inverell — lower than 71% of areas.
| Inverell | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2360, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 30.7% of households containing just one person, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.3 people, a figure that is a little below the Australian average and has edged down since 2011.
30.7% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Inverell, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.9% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has risen by 1.8 percentage points since 2011, making it much higher than in most similar areas.
20.9% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Inverell, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Inverell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110021191/inverell/topic/family-households