3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bulga · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bulga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and family living are common in Bulga, where the typical household has 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, making it a place where far fewer people live on their own compared to most areas.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Bulga — higher than 86% of areas.
| Bulga | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2330, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.7% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national average. This helps explain why households are larger here, with 31.7% of homes housing two people and 15% fitting four.
16.7% ▲ +270.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bulga, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 72.9% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 8.8%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
8.8% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bulga, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Bulga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10648/bulga/topic/family-households