Bucketty · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bucketty

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small households are common in Bucketty, where just 2.1 people live in the typical home. This is much lower than most similar areas, with nearly a third of all homes housing just one person.

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📍 Bucketty, Suburb / Locality

Where Bucketty sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 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 Bucketty — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bucketty2.1
2250, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is a frequent choice here, with 32.1% of people in single-person households, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Two-person homes are the most common at 42.3%.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.1%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 26.7%
  • 2021: 32.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bucketty, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 46.2%, followed closely by those with children at 44.5%. One-parent families account for 13.4%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.

13.4%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 17.0%
  • 2021: 13.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Bucketty splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 13%.

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 Bucketty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10631/bucketty/topic/family-households