2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blackheath - Megalong Valley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Blackheath - Megalong Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 35.8% of households in Blackheath - Megalong Valley consist of just one person, which is far above the national figure. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a much lower number of people per home than most other places. Most households here are small, typically containing only one or two people.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Blackheath - Megalong Valley — lower than 89% of areas.
| Blackheath - Megalong Valley | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2785, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.1 people, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales average and has barely changed since 2011. This is consistent with the high proportion of people living alone, which rose to 35.8% in 2021.
35.8% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Blackheath - Megalong Valley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 43.0%. One-parent families account for 16.8% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
16.8% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Blackheath - Megalong Valley 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 Blackheath - Megalong Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124011449/blackheath-megalong-valley/topic/family-households