2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Birriwa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Birriwa
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significant shift in living patterns has occurred in Birriwa since 2011, with single-person households now making up 40% of the area. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, making the community much smaller in scale than most other areas.
2.3
—
- 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 Birriwa — lower than 71% of areas.
| Birriwa | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2844, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Birriwa hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This smaller size is driven by a high number of people living alone, with 40% of households consisting of just one person.
40.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Birriwa, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 4 people (26%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples, with 66.7% having children and 27.8% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below the Australian average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Birriwa, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Birriwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10377/birriwa/topic/family-households