2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barrengarry · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barrengarry
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Barrengarry are couples with children. This creates a family-focused atmosphere where the typical home holds 2.5 people, a figure that matches the national average. It is an area with very few single-person households compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Barrengarry — higher than 50% of areas.
| Barrengarry | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2577, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 50.7% of all households. Only 16.4% of people live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
16.4% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barrengarry, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 54.3% having children and 43.3% without. In contrast, one-parent families make up only 3.7% of the total, a figure far below the Australian average of 14.1%.
3.7% ▼ -53.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barrengarry, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 43%.
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 Barrengarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10214/barrengarry/topic/family-households