2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alectown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alectown
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Alectown than in most similar areas, with 30% of households consisting of just one person. This contributes to a housing landscape where the typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4
—
- 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 Alectown — lower than 57% of areas.
| Alectown | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2870, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are well above the national figure at 30%. The most common home size is two people, making up 35% of all households.
30.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alectown, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.6% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 64.9% of the total.
9.6% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alectown, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Alectown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10029/alectown/topic/family-households