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Five Ways · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Five Ways

How families and households are made up across the area.

Household sizes in Five Ways have grown since 2011, with 3.7 people now living in the typical home. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, making it one of the most crowded residential areas for its size.

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📍 Five Ways, Suburb / Locality

Where Five Ways sits — Average household size

3.7 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Five Ways — higher than 98% of areas.

Five Ways3.7
2873, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are much larger than usual, with 3.7 people per dwelling. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the Australian average of 2.5.

Average household size

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3.7 —

Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Five Ways, 2 people is the majority at 100%.

2 people 50.0%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families are mostly couples, with 55% having children and 35% without. There are no one-parent families here, which is far below the 14.1% national average.

One-parent families

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Five Ways, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without 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 Five Ways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11534/five-ways/topic/family-households