2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Argenton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Argenton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Argenton, where the typical home holds just 2.3 people. This is lower than the state and national figures, reflecting a community with a high number of people living on their own.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Argenton — lower than 71% of areas.
| Argenton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2284, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.7% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than most, with 37.3% of households containing only two people.
30.7% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Argenton, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.5% of the local total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other common setups include couples with children at 43.0% and couples without children at 27.1%.
27.5% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Argenton, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by One-parent families (27%) and Couples without children (27%).
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 Argenton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10079/argenton/topic/family-households