2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harrington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Harrington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 2.0 people per home is well below the national figure in Harrington, where small households are the norm. This is a place where many people live alone or as couples, creating a residential profile that is much smaller than most other areas.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Harrington — lower than 86% of areas.
| Harrington | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2427, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.6% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why the typical home size is so small, with over half of all households consisting of just two people.
30.6% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Harrington, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 31%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 60.9%. One-parent families account for 12.9% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.9% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harrington, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 25%.
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 Harrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11865/harrington/topic/family-households