2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Far West and Orana · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Far West and Orana
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Far West and Orana than in most similar areas. While the typical number of people per home is 2.4, the region has a high proportion of single-person households and a significant number of one-parent families.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Far West and Orana — lower than 71% of areas.
| Far West and Orana | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.9% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the national level and has risen since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 34.1% of all households.
30.9% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Far West and Orana splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales and Australian figures. Half of all families are couples with children, while 29.2% are couples without children.
18.9% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 98% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Far West and Orana, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Far West and Orana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/105/far-west-and-orana/topic/family-households