2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barragga Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barragga Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Barragga Bay than in most other parts of the country. The typical household has only 2.1 people, which is lower than the national figure of 2.5. This small household size is a defining feature of the area's residential patterns.
2.1
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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 Barragga Bay — lower than 81% of areas.
| Barragga Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2546, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all homes (54.8%) are shared by two people. Only 21.4% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 25%.
21.4% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barragga Bay, 2 people is the majority at 72%; 1 person is next at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the majority of families at 54.2%. One-parent families are much less common here than elsewhere, making up just 6.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.9% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barragga Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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 Barragga Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10211/barragga-bay/topic/family-households