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.
Katoomba - Leura · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Katoomba - Leura
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 39% of households in Katoomba - Leura are made up of people living alone, which is among the highest rates for this kind of area. This trend helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.1 people, a figure that is a little below the national average.
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 Katoomba - Leura — lower than 89% of areas.
| Katoomba - Leura | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2780, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A far higher proportion of people live alone here than in the rest of the state, with 38.5% of households containing just one person. This has kept the typical household size steady at 2.1 people since 2011, which is much lower than most similar areas.
38.5% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Katoomba - Leura splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the local mix, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a decline from 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 44.2%.
17.3% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Katoomba - Leura, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (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 Katoomba - Leura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124011452/katoomba-leura/topic/family-households