2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orange · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Orange
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Orange have remained remarkably steady since 2011. The typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Most homes are made up of couples with children, though one-parent families are more common here than in most similar areas.
2.5
→ 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 Orange — higher than 57% of areas.
| Orange | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade. About 27.3% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%.
27.3% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Orange, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.1% of families in Orange. One-parent families account for 14.8% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
14.8% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orange, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10304/orange/topic/family-households