2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bishops Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bishops Bridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Bishops Bridge since 2011. The area now sees a typical 2.8 people per home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This shift is driven by a high proportion of couples with children.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Bishops Bridge — higher than 76% of areas.
| Bishops Bridge | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2326, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes hold two people, though the typical household size of 2.8 is a little above the national figure. Only 22.8% of residents live alone, which is a little below the New South Wales average.
22.8% ▲ +59.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bishops Bridge, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 67% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families represent only 6.4% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
6.4% ▼ -41.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bishops Bridge, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Bishops Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10379/bishops-bridge/topic/family-households