Adaminaby · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Adaminaby

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 40% of people live alone in Adaminaby, making it a place where small households are the norm. This is far more common than in the rest of the state, leading to a typical home size that is well below the national figure.

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📍 Adaminaby, Suburb / Locality

Where Adaminaby sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -4.8%
  • 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 Adaminaby — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Adaminaby2.0
2629, NSW 1.9
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Just 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is driven by a very high number of single-person households, which make up 39.7% of all homes.

2.0 ▼ -4.8%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

39.7% ▲ +10.0%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 36.1%
  • 2016: 41.4%
  • 2021: 39.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Adaminaby splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 9%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children are the most common family type at 43%, while couples with children make up 42%. Only 10.4% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

10.4% ▼ -33.1%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.5%
  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 10.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Adaminaby splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 11%.

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 Adaminaby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10015/adaminaby/topic/family-households