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.
Armidale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Armidale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figure, 32.8% of people in Armidale live alone. This high number of single-person households means the area has fewer people per home than most other places. It is a community where a third of the homes are occupied by just one person.
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 Armidale — lower than 71% of areas.
| Armidale | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2350, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with 2.3 people per household compared to 2.6 in New South Wales. This is partly because 32.8% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
32.8% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Armidale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families in the area are couples with children, who account for 50.8% of the total.
17.4% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Armidale, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10086/armidale/topic/family-households