2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ashby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people share a roof in Ashby than in the rest of the country. The typical home here holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Ashby — lower than 86% of areas.
| Ashby | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2463, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 55.8% of homes holding two people. This helps explain why 27.9% of residents live alone, a figure a little above both the state and national averages.
27.9% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ashby, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Ashby are couples without children, making up 61.1% of the total. Only 7.2% are one-parent families, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.2% ▲ +36.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ashby, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with 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 Ashby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10095/ashby/topic/family-households