2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beckom · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beckom
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Beckom include children, making it a place where family life is a central part of the community. While the typical home holds 2.7 people, there is a notable mix of larger households and people living on their own.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Beckom — higher than 71% of areas.
| Beckom | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2665, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.7% of people here live alone, which is higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes house either one or two people, though about 19% of households contain four people.
27.7% ▲ +75.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Beckom splits fairly evenly between 1 person (28%) and 2 people (28%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.3% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 59.6% having children and 24.5% without.
5.3% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beckom, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; 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 Beckom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10244/beckom/topic/family-households