2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Girvan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Girvan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Girvan than in other parts of the country, with 35.6% of households consisting of a single person. This contributes to a typical home size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.3
—
- 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 Girvan — lower than 71% of areas.
| Girvan | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2425, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36% of residents live by themselves, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 25%. Consequently, smaller homes are common, with 43.8% of households containing two people and 35.6% containing just one.
35.6% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Girvan, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.8% of families here, while couples without children account for 41.7%. One-parent families make up 11% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.0% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Girvan, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Girvan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11641/girvan/topic/family-households