3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buchanan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buchanan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Buchanan, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6, reflecting a community where few people live alone.
3.0
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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 Buchanan — higher than 86% of areas.
| Buchanan | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2323, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.6% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Instead, 30% of homes hold two people and 20% hold three.
18.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buchanan, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.3% of the total, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. Couples with children are the most common group at 48.6%.
29.3% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buchanan, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (29%) and Couples without children (23%).
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 Buchanan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10625/buchanan/topic/family-households