2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Backmede · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Backmede
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Backmede than in most similar areas, with only 8.9% of households consisting of one person. This creates a community where homes are generally fuller, with a typical size of 2.8 people per household.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Backmede — higher than 76% of areas.
| Backmede | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2470, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Backmede holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 8.9% of residents live alone, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%.
8.9% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Backmede, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 1 person (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common here, making up 66.7% of the total. This helps explain why one-parent families are much less common than in most areas, at just 3.9% compared to 14.1% across Australia.
3.9% ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Backmede, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Backmede [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10131/backmede/topic/family-households