2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blue Vale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blue Vale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Blue Vale, where 2.8 people now live in the typical home. This is much higher than most similar areas and stands out as a key feature of the local community.
2.8
—
- 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 Blue Vale — higher than 76% of areas.
| Blue Vale | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2380, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 52% of homes house two people, while 24% are occupied by just one person, which is a little below the national figure of 26%.
23.8% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blue Vale, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 68% of families, while one-parent families are completely absent, a figure far below the 14% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blue Vale, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Blue Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10418/blue-vale/topic/family-households