3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greenlands · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far lower rate of one-parent families than the national average marks the family life in Greenlands. This small community is mostly made up of couples with children, and it typically has more people living in each home than is usual for Australia.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Greenlands — higher than 88% of areas.
| Greenlands | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2330, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than average, with 3.1 people per household compared to 2.5 nationally. Interestingly, while 26.7% of people live alone—a figure slightly above the state average—another 26.7% of homes hold four people.
3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
26.7% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Greenlands splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 4 people (31%), with 2 people at 23%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 75% of the families here. In a striking gap from the rest of the country, there are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Greenlands, Couples with children is the majority at 79%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Greenlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11771/greenlands/topic/family-households