2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Galston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Galston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Galston than in the rest of the country, where only 20.9% of households are single-person. This reflects a community where larger living arrangements are the norm, with the typical home holding 2.8 people.
2.8
→ 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 Galston — higher than 76% of areas.
| Galston | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2159, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 19.1% of households containing four people. This explains why the 20.9% of people living alone is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.9% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Galston, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are very common in Galston, and couples with children make up a huge 65.5% of the total. One-parent families are much less common here at 8.7%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
8.7% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Galston, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Galston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11586/galston/topic/family-households