Bugaldie · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bugaldie

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up the largest group in Bugaldie, where 45.9% of families fit this description. This small community sees far fewer people living alone and far fewer single-parent families compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Bugaldie, Suburb / Locality

Where Bugaldie sits — Average household size

2.5 ▲ +13.6%
  • 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 Bugaldie — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bugaldie2.5
2357, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Most homes in Bugaldie house two people, while only 17.5% are occupied by a single person, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. On average, 2.5 people live in each home, a result that is about the same as across Australia.

2.5 ▲ +13.6%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.5% ▼ -49.0%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 34.3%
  • 2016: 36.9%
  • 2021: 17.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bugaldie, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 3.1% of the total, a figure that is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other families are non-existent here, and couples without children represent 43.9% of the community.

3.1% ▼ -59.7%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.6%
  • 2016: 18.8%
  • 2021: 3.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Bugaldie splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (47%), with One-parent families at 3%.

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 Bugaldie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10643/bugaldie/topic/family-households