2.8 —
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colyton - Oxley Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Colyton - Oxley Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Colyton - Oxley Park consist of couples with children. This is a place where households are typically larger than in most other areas, with a notable rise in one-parent families over recent years.
2.8
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- 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 Colyton - Oxley Park — higher than 79% of areas.
| Colyton - Oxley Park | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2760, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here usually house 2.8 people, which is much higher than in most areas. This larger typical home size is reflected in the fact that only 21.1% of people live alone, a figure well below the national rate of 25.6%.
21.1% —
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Colyton - Oxley Park, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.4% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. This proportion has risen by 2.1 percentage points since 2016.
23.4% —
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Colyton - Oxley Park, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families is next at 23%.
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 Colyton - Oxley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124051580/colyton-oxley-park/topic/family-households