2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bangalow · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Bangalow
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Bangalow than in the rest of the state, with only 19.5% of households consisting of one person. This makes for a community where homes are more crowded than usual, typically housing 2.7 people per dwelling.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Bangalow — higher than 71% of areas.
| Bangalow | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2479, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Bangalow are larger than in most similar areas, and the number of people per home has edged up slightly since 2011. Two-person households are the most common, making up 33.7% of all dwellings.
19.5% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bangalow, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.1%, while one-parent families account for 12.2%. This last figure is a little below the national average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
12.2% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bangalow, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Bangalow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011238/bangalow/topic/family-households