3.2 ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glendon Brook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glendon Brook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figure of 2.5 people per home, Glendon Brook sees 3.2 people sharing each residence. This is one of the highest rates for any similar area, reflecting a community dominated by large family groups rather than people living alone.
3.2
▼ -3.0%
- 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 Glendon Brook — higher than 89% of areas.
| Glendon Brook | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2330, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 12.3% of people live alone here, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%. Most homes are larger, with 31.1% housing two people and nearly 20% holding four.
12.3% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glendon Brook, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70.8% of the local families. This helps explain why one-parent families are much lower than most areas, sitting at just 6.5% compared to 14.1% across Australia.
6.5% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glendon Brook, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Glendon Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11665/glendon-brook/topic/family-households