2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Far Meadow · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Far Meadow
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families in Far Meadow. This makes the area stand out as a place where two-person households are the norm, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
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 Far Meadow — lower than 57% of areas.
| Far Meadow | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2535, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common, making up 56.6% of all households. Only 16.9% of people here live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
16.9% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Far Meadow, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family types are dominated by couples, with 48.6% having no children and 38.1% having children. Only 7.7% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
7.7% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Far Meadow, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Far Meadow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11491/far-meadow/topic/family-households