Burrawang · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Burrawang

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live alone or in single-parent homes in Burrawang compared to the rest of the state. This is a community where couples dominate the landscape, with half of all households consisting of two people.

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Where Burrawang sits — Average household size

2.4 → 0.0%
  • 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 Burrawang — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Burrawang2.4
2577, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Burrawang holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Very few people live alone here, at 19.3%, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.

2.4 → 0.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

19.3% ▼ -42.8%

Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 33.7%
  • 2016: 24.1%
  • 2021: 19.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Burrawang, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples make up the vast majority of families, with those without children accounting for 47.2% and those with children at 44.8%. Only 7.4% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

7.4% ▼ -53.0%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.8%
  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 7.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Burrawang splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 7%.

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 Burrawang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10705/burrawang/topic/family-households