3.1 ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blairmount · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blairmount
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Blairmount than in most other areas, with 27.1% of families fitting this description. This is a place of larger households, where the typical home holds 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure.
3.1
▼ -6.1%
- 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 Blairmount — higher than 88% of areas.
| Blairmount | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2559, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, as 12.1% hold six or more people. This helps explain why only 20.2% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
20.2% ▲ +27.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Blairmount splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 1 person (21%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, making up 57.1% of the total. However, the 27.1% rate of one-parent families is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
27.1% ▲ +35.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blairmount, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families 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 Blairmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10400/blairmount/topic/family-households