3.4 ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blair Athol · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blair Athol
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements are a standout feature of Blair Athol, where the typical home holds 3.4 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5. These figures reflect a community dominated by families, with very few people living on their own.
3.4
▼ -2.9%
- 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 Blair Athol — higher than 93% of areas.
| Blair Athol | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2560, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.4 people per home, Blair Athol has some of the highest household sizes for its area. This is reflected in the fact that only 10.5% of people live alone, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
10.5% ▲ +39.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Blair Athol splits fairly evenly between 4 people (25%) and 2 people (24%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 71.8%. In comparison, one-parent families account for 11.5% of the total, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.5% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blair Athol, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Blair Athol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10399/blair-athol/topic/family-households