2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glencoe · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glencoe
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households and people living alone are common in Glencoe, where only 2.1 people live in the typical home. This is much lower than most similar areas, reflecting a community with few large family groups. The area is mostly made up of couples and single-person homes.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 Glencoe — lower than 81% of areas.
| Glencoe | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2365, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over a third of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than most, with 47.3% of households containing just two people.
35.1% ▲ +71.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glencoe, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 5 people (6%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families here are couples without children, while 40.5% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 9.9% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
9.9% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glencoe, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Glencoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11661/glencoe/topic/family-households