Bringelly - Green Valley · Sub-region (SA3)

Family & Households in Bringelly - Green Valley

How families and households are made up across the area.

Crowded homes are a defining feature of daily life in Bringelly - Green Valley, where the typical household has 3.4 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5. It is a place dominated by larger family groups, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Bringelly - Green Valley, Sub-region (SA3)

Where Bringelly - Green Valley sits — Average household size

3.4 → 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 Bringelly - Green Valley — higher than 99% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bringelly - Green Valley3.4
Greater Sydney 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Large households are common, with 23.5% of homes holding four people and another 12.9% holding five. This helps explain why only 12.5% of residents live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% national average.

3.4 → 0.0%

Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 3.4
  • 2016: 3.4
  • 2021: 3.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

12.5% ▼ -4.0%

Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 13.0%
  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 12.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Bringelly - Green Valley splits fairly evenly between 4 people (23%) and 2 people (23%), with 3 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.0%. One-parent families account for 14.8% of the total, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure.

14.8% ▼ -6.4%

Higher than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 15.8%
  • 2016: 15.1%
  • 2021: 14.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bringelly - Green Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; One-parent families 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 Bringelly - Green Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12701/bringelly-green-valley/topic/family-households