2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Adamstown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Adamstown
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Adamstown than in most similar areas, with nearly 30% of households consisting of a single person. This contrast makes it a distinct pocket of the region where smaller living arrangements are common. The area maintains a typical household size of 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Adamstown — lower than 57% of areas.
| Adamstown | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2289, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.6% of people here live alone, a figure well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 33.0% of all households.
29.6% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Adamstown splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 55.9%. One-parent families account for 14.7% of the total, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the state and national figures.
14.7% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Adamstown, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Adamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10016/adamstown/topic/family-households