2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bulahdelah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bulahdelah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the state and national figures for single parents is Bulahdelah, where 22.5% of families are headed by one parent. This high rate of single-parent homes and a larger proportion of people living alone shape the local household landscape.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Bulahdelah — lower than 76% of areas.
| Bulahdelah | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2423, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Bulahdelah are smaller than usual, with 2.2 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with nearly 30% of residents living alone, a rate well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
29.7% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bulahdelah, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 22.5% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% national average. Couples without children are the most common family type at 40.5%, followed by couples with children at 36.2%.
22.5% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bulahdelah splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (40%) and Couples with children (36%), with One-parent families at 22%.
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 Bulahdelah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10646/bulahdelah/topic/family-households