1.8 ▼ -48.6%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blue Mountains - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Blue Mountains - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Blue Mountains - North, where the typical home now holds just 1.8 people. This is well below the national figure and represents a sharp drop from 2011, when homes here were much more crowded.
1.8
▼ -48.6%
- 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 Blue Mountains - North — lower than 99% of areas.
| Blue Mountains - North | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2787, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 1.8 people per home, households here are among the smallest in similar areas. This figure is well below the New South Wales average of 2.6 and has fallen significantly from 3.5 people per home in 2011.
Household size
View on map →In Blue Mountains - North, 1 person is the majority at 100%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19% of the local total. This is well above both the state and national figures, which sit around 14%.
Family composition
View on map →Blue Mountains - North splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).
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 Blue Mountains - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124011451/blue-mountains-north/topic/family-households