2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Darlington
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of single parents than the state average live in Darlington. This small area has a distinctive mix of households, with the typical home holding 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
▼ -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 Darlington — lower than 71% of areas.
| Darlington | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2330, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 37.4% of homes holding two people. About 28.2% of residents live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%.
28.2% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Darlington, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.4% of the local total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children at 44.7% and couples without children at 31.9%.
22.4% ▲ +90.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darlington, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11214/darlington/topic/family-households