2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Garah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Garah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Garah are couples with children, making this the most common family type in the area. While family units are strong, a surprising number of people live on their own compared to the rest of the state.
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 Garah — lower than 57% of areas.
| Garah | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2405, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.7% of people in Garah live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This is a much higher proportion of single-person homes than in most similar areas, though the typical home size of 2.4 people is about the same as the Australian average.
33.7% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Garah splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.2% of families, while couples without children account for 31.4%. One-parent families make up 10.5% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
10.5% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Garah, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Garah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11590/garah/topic/family-households