2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Byangum · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Byangum
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes in Byangum are occupied by a single person, reflecting a high number of solo dwellers. While the typical household size of 2.5 people is about the same as the national figure, the area has a much higher proportion of people living alone compared to most other areas.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Byangum — higher than 50% of areas.
| Byangum | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2484, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 34.7% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This is a notably high proportion compared to most similar areas, even though the average number of people per home remains around 2.5.
34.7% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Byangum, the largest group is 1 person at 31%, followed by 2 people (26%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families here at 52.5%. In contrast, one-parent families account for 10.9%, which is well below the 14.1% national average.
10.9% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Byangum, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Byangum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10727/byangum/topic/family-households