2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Exeter · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Exeter
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Exeter are couples with children, making it a family-heavy area. While the typical household size mirrors the national figure, there are far fewer single-parent homes here than in the rest of the country.
2.5
→ 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 Exeter — higher than 50% of areas.
| Exeter | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2579, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the national figure. Roughly 22.1% of people live alone, a rate that is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
22.1% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Exeter, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with one parent make up 7.7% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Almost half of all families are couples with children, while couples without children account for 42.6%.
7.7% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Exeter, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (42%) and One-parent families (8%).
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 Exeter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11478/exeter/topic/family-households