3.2 ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arcadia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Arcadia
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Arcadia holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This area is largely defined by larger households and family groups, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
3.2
▲ +10.3%
- 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 Arcadia — higher than 89% of areas.
| Arcadia | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2159, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.9% of people live alone, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%. This contributes to the high number of people per home, with 31.1% of households containing two people and 19.7% containing four.
13.9% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Arcadia, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 66.4%. One-parent families account for 8.6% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
8.6% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arcadia, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Arcadia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10073/arcadia/topic/family-households