3.5 ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harrington Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Harrington Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 76.8% of all families in Harrington Park, making it a primary hub for parents. This high rate of families with children is reflected in the large size of local homes, which hold far more people than the national average.
3.5
▲ +2.9%
- 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 Park — higher than 95% of areas.
| Harrington Park | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 2567, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are large, with a typical 3.5 people per household, well above the Australian figure of 2.5. Only 8.8% of people live alone, which is far below the national rate of 25.6%.
8.8% ▲ +27.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Harrington Park, the largest group is 4 people at 29%, followed by 2 people (22%) and 5 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.3% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most local families are couples with children, who account for nearly 77% of the group.
8.3% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harrington Park, Couples with children is the majority at 77%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Harrington Park
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Harrington Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11866/harrington-park/topic/family-households