1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Birdwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Birdwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Birdwood, where the typical home holds just 1.8 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, making it one of the least crowded areas in the region.
1.8
—
- 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 Birdwood — lower than 91% of areas.
| Birdwood | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2446, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Birdwood hold far fewer people than those in most other areas. The typical home has 1.8 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
Household size
View on map →Birdwood splits fairly evenly between 1 person (50%) and 2 people (50%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.7% of the area, which is much higher than most other places. Couples without children are the most common family type at 54.2%, followed by couples with children at 25%.
16.7% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Birdwood, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (23%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Birdwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10374/birdwood/topic/family-households