2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Harwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-parent homes defines daily life for many in Harwood. While the typical household size is about 2.4 people, there is a striking gap in family types compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Harwood — lower than 57% of areas.
| Harwood | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2465, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.9% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 38.5% of all households.
28.9% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Harwood, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.1% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 44.7%.
27.1% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harwood, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (27%).
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 Harwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11872/harwood/topic/family-households