2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glendale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glendale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of one-parent families than most similar areas define the social makeup of Glendale. While the typical home holds about 2.5 people, there is a notable number of residents living on their own. This creates a diverse mix of household types across the suburb.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Glendale — higher than 50% of areas.
| Glendale | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2285, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 28.4% of people here live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. The most common household size is two people, making up 30.8% of all homes.
28.4% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glendale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.4% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. This is a striking gap compared to most other areas, though couples with children remain the largest group at 55.3%.
19.4% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glendale, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Glendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11662/glendale/topic/family-households