2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blackbutt · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blackbutt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Blackbutt than in the rest of Australia, where the rate is over 4 points higher. This creates a community where most homes are shared, with 2.6 people living in the typical dwelling.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Blackbutt — higher than 57% of areas.
| Blackbutt | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2529, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 21.2% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most households consist of two people (35.3%), meaning homes here are larger than in most similar areas.
21.2% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blackbutt, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.3%. One-parent families account for 14.9% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state average.
14.9% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blackbutt, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Blackbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10390/blackbutt/topic/family-households