2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Benandarah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Benandarah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes have become more common in Benandarah, where nearly 40% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This is far above the national figure, making the area feel much less crowded than most other parts of the country.
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 Benandarah — lower than 81% of areas.
| Benandarah | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2536, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 39.7% of people living alone, this is among the highest rates for any similar area. This helps explain why the typical home in Benandarah holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
39.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Benandarah splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (38%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44% of families here, while 38.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.8%, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
13.8% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Benandarah, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Benandarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10287/benandarah/topic/family-households