2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boorolong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boorolong
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of homes in Boorolong are occupied by people living alone, which is well above the national figure. While many residents live solo, the area also has a strong presence of couples with children, creating a mix of small and larger households.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Boorolong — higher than 57% of areas.
| Boorolong | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2350, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales average. Most households consist of two people (56.5%) or one person (30.4%), though 17.4% of homes accommodate five people.
30.4% ▲ +97.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boorolong, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 5 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 53.8% of the area, while couples without children account for 44.2%. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boorolong, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 45%.
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 Boorolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10497/boorolong/topic/family-households