3.5 —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.6
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Auburn - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Auburn - South
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Auburn - South holds 3.5 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This high density makes the area stand out among similar places. It is a community where large households are common and very few people live by themselves.
3.5
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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 Auburn - South — higher than 99% of areas.
| Auburn - South | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 2144, NSW | 3.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.5% of people live alone, a figure far below the Australian average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the area has some of the highest numbers of people per home, though this slightly dropped from 3.6 in 2016.
15.5% —
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Auburn - South splits fairly evenly between 2 people (22%) and 4 people (18%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 71.9% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.6%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0% and has remained steady since 2016.
12.6% —
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Auburn - South, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
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 Auburn - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/125011584/auburn-south/topic/family-households