2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Richmond Valley - Hinterland · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Richmond Valley - Hinterland
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Richmond Valley - Hinterland than in the past, with this figure rising to 30.2% since 2011. This is a region where nearly a third of households are single-person homes, a rate well above the national average. Family life here is also marked by a high number of single-parent households.
2.4
→ 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 Richmond Valley - Hinterland — lower than 71% of areas.
| Richmond Valley - Hinterland | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.2% of people here live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. While the typical home holds 2.4 people, a similar number to the national figure, households with just two people are the most common at 36.3%.
30.2% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Richmond Valley - Hinterland, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.3% of the total, a rate well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types are common, with couples with children accounting for 48.9% and those without children making up 30.6%.
19.3% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Richmond Valley - Hinterland, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Richmond Valley - Hinterland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11202/richmond-valley-hinterland/topic/family-households