Bullarah · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bullarah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Families are the core of daily life in Bullarah, where 68.1% of households are couples with children. This focus on family units is reflected in a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country. The area is largely defined by these larger home groups, with very few single-person households.

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📍 Bullarah, Suburb / Locality

Where Bullarah sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Bullarah — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bullarah2.5
2400, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A typical home in Bullarah holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. This is driven by the fact that 45.5% of homes house two people, while only 15.2% of residents live alone—a rate far below the Australian average.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

15.2%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 28.9%
  • 2021: 15.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bullarah, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 4 people (28%) and 1 person (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here, at 68.1%. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 7.2%, which is well below both the New South Wales and national figures.

7.2%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 7.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bullarah, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

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 Bullarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10655/bullarah/topic/family-households