2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Falls Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Falls Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Falls Creek (NSW) compared to the state or national average. This is a place where most homes are occupied by families, with the typical household containing about 2.7 people.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Falls Creek — higher than 71% of areas.
| Falls Creek | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 38.3% of all homes.
17.5% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Falls Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55.2%. One-parent families are much less common here than elsewhere, at just 7.6% compared to the 14.1% national figure.
7.6% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Falls Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Falls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11490/falls-creek/topic/family-households