3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Austral · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Austral
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a common feature of daily life in Austral, where the typical household has 3.1 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5 and is among the highest counts for similar areas.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Austral — higher than 88% of areas.
| Austral | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2179, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live by themselves here, at just 13%. This is far below the national figure of 25.6%, while about 26.3% of homes hold two people.
13.0% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Austral splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 3 people (22%), with 4 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most homes are family-based, with couples with children making up 68.4% of the mix. One-parent families account for 12.1%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
12.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Austral, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Austral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10110/austral/topic/family-households