3.5 ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greendale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Greendale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Greendale than in most other areas. The typical home here holds 3.5 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a high number of large families and very few people living on their own.
3.5
▲ +6.1%
- 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 Greendale — higher than 95% of areas.
| Greendale | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 2745, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few residents live alone, at just 4.8%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%. Instead, homes are crowded, with 14.5% of households containing six or more people.
4.8% ▼ -60.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Greendale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 5 people (25%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.4% of families. One-parent families are also much more common here than in most areas, at 20.5%, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
20.5% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Greendale, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
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 Greendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11765/greendale/topic/family-households