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.
Armidale · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Armidale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are common in Armidale, where 31% of people live alone. This is well above the national figure of 25.6% and reflects a trend toward smaller living arrangements in the area.
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 Armidale — lower than 86% of areas.
| Armidale | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Armidale holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This small average size is driven by the high number of single-person homes, a figure that has risen since 2011.
31.0% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Armidale, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 15.1%. This last figure is higher than in most similar areas and has remained steady since 2011.
15.1% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Armidale, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11001/armidale/topic/family-households