2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pottsville · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Pottsville
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Pottsville than in 2011, with the typical household size edging up to 2.6 people. This area is now defined by a high proportion of couples with children, who make up over half of all families.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Pottsville — higher than 57% of areas.
| Pottsville | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2483, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most similar areas. While 23.5% of residents live alone, this figure has risen slightly since 2011.
23.5% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pottsville, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 56.4%. Meanwhile, the share of one-parent families has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.8%, a figure now about the same as the national average.
13.8% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pottsville, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Pottsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112031253/pottsville/topic/family-households