Bigga · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bigga

How families and households are made up across the area.

A far higher share of people live alone in Bigga than across the rest of the country. This leads to a very small typical household size, with only 2.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.

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📍 Bigga, Suburb / Locality

Where Bigga sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -13.0%
  • 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 Bigga — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bigga2.0
2583, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 40.4% of homes are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 25.0%. This helps explain why the typical home here is much smaller than in most other areas.

2.0 ▼ -13.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

40.4% ▲ +55.2%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.0%
  • 2016: 35.1%
  • 2021: 40.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Bigga splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (37%), with 5 people at 8%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest family group at 47.0%. One-parent families are’ well below the national figure, making up only 7.2% of the total.

7.2% ▼ -55.6%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.2%
  • 2016: 16.7%
  • 2021: 7.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Bigga splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 7%.

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 Bigga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10345/bigga/topic/family-households