2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Booragul · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Booragul
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in four families in Booragul are headed by a single parent, a figure far above the national average. This high number of one-parent households helps explain why Booragul has a much higher share of people living alone than most other similar areas.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Booragul — lower than 71% of areas.
| Booragul | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2284, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This smaller household size is reflected in the 31.8% of residents who live alone, a rate well above the New South Wales average.
31.8% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Booragul splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 26.5% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 42.9% and couples without children at 30.1%.
26.5% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Booragul, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (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 Booragul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10493/booragul/topic/family-households