2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Norwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Norwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Norwood than in most similar areas, with 30.1% of households consisting of just one person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend toward smaller households is reflected in the typical home size, which has edged down since 2011.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Norwood — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Norwood has 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. While 36% of households contain two people, the proportion of those living alone has risen to 30.1% since 2011.
30.1% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Norwood, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.1% of families here, while couples without children account for 32.7%. One-parent families represent 14.1% of the total, a figure that has risen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011 and is about the same as the national average.
14.1% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Norwood, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Norwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011043/norwood/topic/family-households