Glen Alice · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Glen Alice

How families and households are made up across the area.

A far higher proportion of people live alone in Glen Alice than in the rest of the state. This gap is the most striking feature of the area's homes, where nearly half of all households consist of just one person.

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📍 Glen Alice, Suburb / Locality

Where Glen Alice sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 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 Glen Alice — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Glen Alice2.1
2849, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 45.5% of people living alone, this figure is far above the New South Wales average of 25%. This helps explain why the typical home in Glen Alice holds only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.3
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Glen Alice splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (42%), with 4 people at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 39.5% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 7.9%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages of around 14%.

7.9%

Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 7.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Glen Alice splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 9%.

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 Glen Alice [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11647/glen-alice/topic/family-households