2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lithgow - Mudgee · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Lithgow - Mudgee
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Lithgow - Mudgee compared to the rest of the state. This trend has grown over the last decade, contributing to a smaller typical household size than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Lithgow - Mudgee — lower than 86% of areas.
| Lithgow - Mudgee | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of people live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. Because of this, the typical home in Lithgow - Mudgee holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
31.0% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lithgow - Mudgee splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.7% of families here. One-parent families represent 15.8% of the total, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
15.8% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lithgow - Mudgee, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Lithgow - Mudgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10303/lithgow-mudgee/topic/family-households