2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Georges Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Georges Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are a key feature of Georges Plains compared to most similar areas. The community is heavily weighted toward family living, with 58.8% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Georges Plains — higher than 76% of areas.
| Georges Plains | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, with a typical 2.8 people per dwelling. This helps explain why only 18.9% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.9% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Georges Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.8%. One-parent families account for 14.3% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.
14.3% ▲ +69.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Georges Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Georges Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11606/georges-plains/topic/family-households