3.3 ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glen Oak · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glen Oak
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are the norm in Glen Oak, where the typical home holds 3.3 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5 and highlights a community where very few people live on their own.
3.3
▲ +3.1%
- 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 Oak — higher than 91% of areas.
| Glen Oak | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2320, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 5.7% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% national average. Most homes are larger, with 32% holding two people and another 27% holding three.
5.7% ▼ -41.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glen Oak splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 3 people (25%), with 4 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 70.8% of the area. One-parent families account for only 6.2%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
6.2% ▲ +46.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glen Oak, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Oak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11656/glen-oak/topic/family-households