3.3 ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blacktown - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Blacktown - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of Blacktown - North, which has some of the highest numbers of people per household in the region. With a typical home holding 3.3 people, the area is far more crowded than the national figure of 2.5. This trend has only edged up since 2011.
3.3
▲ +3.1%
- 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 Blacktown - North — higher than 99% of areas.
| Blacktown - North | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 28.8% of households containing four people. This is consistent with the fact that very few people live alone here; at 10.4%, this is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
10.4% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blacktown - North, the largest group is 4 people at 29%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 2 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 75.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.1%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0% and has fallen since 2011.
9.1% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blacktown - North, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
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 Blacktown - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11602/blacktown-north/topic/family-households