2.2 ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barellan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barellan
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in Barellan than in most other similar areas. This means the typical home is smaller, with only 2.2 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.2
▼ -18.5%
- 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 Barellan — lower than 76% of areas.
| Barellan | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2665, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 38.4% of households being single-person homes, which is far above the Australian average of 25.6%. This contributes to the area having fewer people per home than most other places.
38.4% ▲ +33.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Barellan splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (33%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 15.7% of the total. This share of single-parent homes is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
15.7% ▲ +67.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barellan, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Barellan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10198/barellan/topic/family-households