2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Broken Hill and Far West · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Broken Hill and Far West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Thirty-seven per cent of households in Broken Hill and Far West are made up of one person, the highest proportion of single-person homes in the region. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical household size that is now smaller than the national figure.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Broken Hill and Far West — lower than 89% of areas.
| Broken Hill and Far West | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are very common here, with the typical home holding 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 37% of people live alone, a rate far above both the state and national averages.
37.0% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Broken Hill and Far West splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.2% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% national average. This figure has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest family group at 43.7%.
23.2% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Broken Hill and Far West, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Broken Hill and Far West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10502/broken-hill-and-far-west/topic/family-households