2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blaxland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blaxland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Blaxland than in the rest of the country, with only 19.9% of households being single-person homes. This makes the area stand out as a place where more people live together in larger groups than in the typical Australian suburb.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Blaxland — higher than 71% of areas.
| Blaxland | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2774, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here have two or more people, with the typical household size being 2.7 people. This is slightly higher than the national figure of 2.5.
19.9% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blaxland, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61% of all families in Blaxland. One-parent families account for 12.4%, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
12.4% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blaxland, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Blaxland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10406/blaxland/topic/family-households