2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Green Pigeon · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of people in Green Pigeon live alone, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person homes means that Green Pigeon generally has smaller households than most other areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Green Pigeon — lower than 71% of areas.
| Green Pigeon | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2474, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, a little below the New South Wales average of 2.6. Two-person households are the most common, making up 40.9% of all homes.
2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
28.8% ▲ +51.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Green Pigeon, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (16%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43.8% of families in the area, while couples without children account for 40.9%. One-parent families make up 13.1%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Australian average.
13.1% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Green Pigeon splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 13%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Green Pigeon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11759/green-pigeon/topic/family-households