2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blue Mountains · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Blue Mountains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in the Blue Mountains than they were in 2011. While most households are still families, there has been a steady rise in people living on their own. This shift reflects a broader change in how residents are organised across the region.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Blue Mountains — lower than 71% of areas.
| Blue Mountains | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home now has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. More people are living alone here than in the state or national averages, with this figure rising to 26.7% since 2011.
26.7% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blue Mountains, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.6%. One-parent families account for 12.9% of the total, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
12.9% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blue Mountains, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12401/blue-mountains/topic/family-households