3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Book Book · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Book Book
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family sizes in Book Book have remained notably large compared to the rest of the country. The area is mostly made up of couples with children, with the typical home holding 3.0 people.
3.0
—
- 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 Book Book — higher than 86% of areas.
| Book Book | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2650, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Book Book are larger than most, with the typical household holding 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Interestingly, 28.1% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average.
28.1% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Book Book splits fairly evenly between 1 person (29%) and 2 people (26%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 75.8% of families here. There are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Book Book, Couples with children is the majority at 78%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Book Book [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10474/book-book/topic/family-households