2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buckajo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buckajo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Buckajo consist of couples with children, making it a key feature of the local community. This area follows national patterns in home size and household types, with a balanced mix of family units and single residents.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Buckajo — lower than 57% of areas.
| Buckajo | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2550, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Buckajo has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures. Roughly 22.8% of people live alone, a figure slightly below the national average of 25.6%.
22.8% ▲ +59.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buckajo, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.5% of families, while couples without children account for 40.2%. Only 10.5% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.5% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buckajo, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Buckajo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10626/buckajo/topic/family-households