2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blacksmiths · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blacksmiths
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Blacksmiths than in the past, with nearly 30% of households now consisting of just one person. This trend has shifted the local balance, making the typical home here smaller than those in most other areas.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Blacksmiths — lower than 71% of areas.
| Blacksmiths | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2281, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Blacksmiths holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. About 29.9% of residents live alone, a rate well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
29.9% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blacksmiths, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.8% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children, while 31.1% are couples without children.
19.8% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blacksmiths, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Blacksmiths [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10395/blacksmiths/topic/family-households