1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Backwater · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Backwater
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 1.9 people live in the typical home in Backwater, which is much lower than most other areas. This small household size makes the area stand out compared to the rest of the state and country.
1.9
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- 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 Backwater — lower than 89% of areas.
| Backwater | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2365, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With only 1.9 people per home, households here are well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national average of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Backwater, 1 person is the majority at 100%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The most common family composition is Couples with children at 67%, ahead of Couples without children (25%).
Family composition
View on map →In Backwater, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Backwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10132/backwater/topic/family-households