2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Big Springs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Big Springs
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few residents live alone in Big Springs compared to most other areas. This is a place where homes are generally larger, with the typical household containing 2.7 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Big Springs — higher than 71% of areas.
| Big Springs | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2650, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13% of people live by themselves, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. Two-person households are the most common at 39.1%, while 17.4% of homes house three people.
13.0% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Big Springs, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 5 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.7%. One-parent families are less common here at 8.4%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
8.4% ▲ +175.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Big Springs, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without 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 Big Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10344/big-springs/topic/family-households