2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hamilton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hamilton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small living arrangements are common in Hamilton, where nearly 35% of homes are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out as a place of smaller households compared to most other parts of the country.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Hamilton — lower than 81% of areas.
| Hamilton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2303, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Hamilton holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is consistent with the high number of people living alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
34.7% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hamilton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 16.4% of families are led by a single parent, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
16.4% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hamilton, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11845/hamilton/topic/family-households