2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Aberdare · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Aberdare
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families live in Aberdare than in the rest of the state. While the typical home holds about 2.5 people, this is balanced by a high number of people living alone.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Aberdare — higher than 50% of areas.
| Aberdare | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2325, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.3% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are small, with 31.7% containing two people and 30.3% containing just one.
30.3% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Aberdare splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.4% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. Couples with children are the largest group, accounting for 49.4% of families.
25.4% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Aberdare, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by One-parent families (25%) and Couples without children (24%).
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 Aberdare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10006/aberdare/topic/family-households