3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glenfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glenfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 70% of families in Glenfield are couples with children, making it a place dominated by larger households. This family focus is reflected in the high number of people living in each home compared to the rest of the country.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Glenfield — higher than 86% of areas.
| Glenfield | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2167, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with a typical size of 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, while those living alone are much lower than most areas at just 15.9%.
15.9% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glenfield splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 69.7% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.6%, which is higher than most areas but a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
12.6% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glenfield, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Glenfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11668/glenfield/topic/family-households