2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Edgeworth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Edgeworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly one in five families in Edgeworth are led by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This is a residential area where half of all families include children, though a significant number of people also live on their own.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Edgeworth — lower than 57% of areas.
| Edgeworth | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2285, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.2% of people here live alone, which is higher than in most other areas and well above the New South Wales figure. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
28.2% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Edgeworth, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.1% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 50.6% of households.
19.1% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Edgeworth, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Edgeworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11384/edgeworth/topic/family-households