Booerie Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Booerie Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over one-fifth of families are led by a single parent in Booerie Creek, a rate well above the national figure. This sparsely populated area is mostly made up of family homes, with very few people living by themselves compared to the rest of the country.

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Where Booerie Creek sits — Average household size

2.6 → 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 Booerie Creek — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Booerie Creek2.6
2480, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes here hold 2.6 people, which is higher than in most areas. Only 20.4% of households consist of one person, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.6 → 0.0%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.4% ▲ +20.3%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.9%
  • 2016: 23.2%
  • 2021: 20.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Booerie Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (22%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 20.2% of the local total, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the New South Wales rate of 14.0%. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children.

20.2% ▲ +29.0%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.7%
  • 2016: 20.4%
  • 2021: 20.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Booerie Creek, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (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 Booerie Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10473/booerie-creek/topic/family-households