Black Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Black Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

A massive 26 percentage point gap separates Black Creek from the national figure for people living alone, where virtually no one resides by themselves. This sparsely populated area is almost entirely made up of multi-person households, with the typical home holding 2.3 people.

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📍 Black Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Black Creek sits — Average household size

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 Black Creek — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Black Creek2.3
2439, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two-person households make up 65.2% of the area. This is lower than most areas, with the typical home holding 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.

2.3

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Black Creek, 2 people is the majority at 100%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children are the most common family type at 42.9%. One-parent families make up 7.1% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.

7.1%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 7.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Black Creek, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (33%) and One-parent families (8%).

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 Black Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10381/black-creek/topic/family-households