2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Allandale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Allandale
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families live in Allandale than in the rest of the state. This is the defining feature of the local family landscape, with nearly 25% of families fitting this description. Most households are small, typically containing just over two people.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 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 Allandale — lower than 71% of areas.
| Allandale | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2320, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than in most areas, with a typical size of 2.3 people. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6, and those living alone make up 21.9% of households, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.9% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Allandale, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 1 person (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.6% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other families are split almost evenly between couples with children (42.6%) and those without (41.0%).
24.6% ▲ +100.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Allandale splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 23%.
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 Allandale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10037/allandale/topic/family-households