Glen Davis · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Glen Davis

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than a third of people in Glen Davis live by themselves, creating a community where small households are the norm. This makes the area stand out from most other regions, as the typical home here holds just 2.1 people.

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📍 Glen Davis, Suburb / Locality

Where Glen Davis sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -8.7%
  • 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 Glen Davis — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Glen Davis2.1
2846, NSW 2.0
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A huge 36.4% of households are people living alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend helps explain why the typical home size is much lower than in most other areas.

2.1 ▼ -8.7%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

36.4% ▼ -2.0%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 37.1%
  • 2016: 52.4%
  • 2021: 36.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Glen Davis splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 12%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 48.6%, while 14.3% of families are one-parent households, a rate that is higher than most areas but about the same as the state average.

14.3% ▲ +147.6%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 14.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Glen Davis splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 13%.

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 Davis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11650/glen-davis/topic/family-households