2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ashford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of homes in Ashford are headed by couples without children, making them one of the most common household types here. The area has a high number of people living alone and a significant proportion of single-parent families. This leads to a smaller typical household size than in most other parts of the state.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Ashford — lower than 76% of areas.
| Ashford | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2361, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A little fewer people live in each home here than the national figure, with a typical size of 2.2 people. This is driven by the fact that 35.5% of people live alone, which is far above the New South Wales rate of 25%.
35.5% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ashford splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.4% of the local total, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. Couples with children are the largest family group at 40.5%.
19.4% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ashford splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 Ashford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10100/ashford/topic/family-households