Acacia Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Acacia Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 24% of families in Acacia Creek are headed by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This creates a distinct family profile for the area, where one-parent households are much more common than in most similar places.

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📍 Acacia Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Acacia Creek sits — Average household size

2.1 —
  • 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 Acacia Creek — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Acacia Creek2.1
2476, NSW 2.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Acacia Creek are smaller than usual, with a typical 2.1 people per home. This is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.

2.1 —

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.4
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Acacia Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (25%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 23.8% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other families include couples with children at 38.1% and couples without children at 33.3%.

23.8% —

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 28.6%
  • 2021: 23.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Acacia Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (35%), with One-parent families at 25%.

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 Acacia Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10013/acacia-creek/topic/family-households