2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Araluen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Araluen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households and a high number of people living alone shape daily life in Araluen. The area is much more likely to have single-person homes than most other areas, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Araluen — lower than 81% of areas.
| Araluen | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2622, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, and 32.6% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Nearly half of all households consist of just two people.
32.6% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Araluen, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 5 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.5% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. Couples with children and those without children both make up around 42% of families.
15.5% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Araluen splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Araluen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10071/araluen/topic/family-households