2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Batlow · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 42.5% of families in Batlow are couples with children. This small town has a high number of people living alone, which means the typical home here is smaller than those in most other areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Batlow — lower than 76% of areas.
| Batlow | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2730, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
A typical home in Batlow holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 32% of residents live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%.
2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
32.0% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Batlow, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.4% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
16.4% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Batlow splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 16%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Batlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10232/batlow/topic/family-households