2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buckaroo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buckaroo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family sizes have remained largely stable in Buckaroo, where most homes are shared by multiple people. The area is defined by a strong presence of couples, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
—
- 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 Buckaroo — higher than 76% of areas.
| Buckaroo | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2850, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Buckaroo are larger than most, with a typical size of 2.8 people. This is reflected in the fact that only 8.5% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
8.5% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buckaroo, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 4 people is next at 31%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 47.2% having children and 42.4% without. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, making up just 5.6% of the total.
5.6% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Buckaroo splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 Buckaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10627/buckaroo/topic/family-households