3.4 ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blaxlands Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blaxlands Ridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge gap exists between Blaxlands Ridge and the rest of the country, where homes are much larger and one-person households are rare. The typical home here holds 3.4 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it one of the most densely populated domestic environments in the region.
3.4
▼ -5.6%
- 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 Blaxlands Ridge — higher than 93% of areas.
| Blaxlands Ridge | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2758, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 6% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. Large households are common here, with 21.1% of homes holding four people and another 21.1% holding five or more.
6.0% ▲ +153.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blaxlands Ridge, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 73.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 7% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
7.0% ▲ +19.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blaxlands Ridge, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 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 Blaxlands Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10408/blaxlands-ridge/topic/family-households