2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Atholwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Atholwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families than the national average defines Atholwood. While the typical home has about 2.6 people, the area is split between small one-person households and larger family groups.
2.6
—
- 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 Atholwood — higher than 57% of areas.
| Atholwood | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2361, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all homes house two people, though 27.3% of residents live alone, which is higher than most areas. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 25%.
27.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Atholwood, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 5 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25% of the community, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 41.1%.
25.0% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Atholwood splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (36%), with One-parent families 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 Atholwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10105/atholwood/topic/family-households