2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arakoon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Arakoon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller than usual home sizes define Arakoon, where the typical household holds just 2.2 people. This is lower than most similar areas and sits below both the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -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 Arakoon — lower than 76% of areas.
| Arakoon | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2431, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all homes here (54.4%) house two people, while 21.4% are single-person households. This last group is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
21.4% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Arakoon, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families at 53.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.5% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
12.5% ▲ +67.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arakoon, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 Arakoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10070/arakoon/topic/family-households