2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Snowy Mountains · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Snowy Mountains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 30% of people in Snowy Mountains live alone, a figure well above the national average. This means smaller households are common here, with a typical home holding just 2.3 people. This pattern has remained steady since 2011.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Snowy Mountains — lower than 86% of areas.
| Snowy Mountains | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common, making up 30.2% of all households, which is much higher than most other areas. Two-person homes are the most frequent at 36.7%, contributing to a typical household size that is a little below the New South Wales figure.
30.2% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Snowy Mountains, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families here are couples with children, while 34.1% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 12.3% of the total, which is a little below the national figure.
12.3% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Snowy Mountains, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Snowy Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10103/snowy-mountains/topic/family-households