2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boxers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boxers Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 2.8 people live in the typical home in Boxers Creek, which is much higher than most similar areas. This trend toward larger households is reflected in the fact that over half of all families here include children.
2.8
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- 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 Boxers Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
| Boxers Creek | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2580, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Boxers Creek are larger than the national figure, and far fewer people live alone here (21.7%) compared to the Australian average of 25.6%. The most common household size is two people, making up 37.3% of the area.
21.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boxers Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 53.9%. One-parent families account for 14.1% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
14.1% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boxers Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Boxers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10538/boxers-creek/topic/family-households