3.4 ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burroway · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Burroway
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are common in Burroway, where the typical household has 3.4 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5 and reflects a community where large families are the norm.
3.4
▲ +25.9%
- 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 Burroway — higher than 93% of areas.
| Burroway | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2821, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Household sizes are among the highest for this level, with 20% of homes housing five people and 22.2% holding four. Meanwhile, 24.4% of residents live alone, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
24.4% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Burroway splits fairly evenly between 1 person (22%) and 2 people (20%), with 4 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 78.6% of the total. Only 7.1% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
7.1% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burroway, Couples with children is the majority at 79%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
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 Burroway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10712/burroway/topic/family-households