3.5 ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hinchinbrook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hinchinbrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Hinchinbrook holds 3.5 people, a figure well above the national average of 2.5. This area is defined by large households and a very low number of people living alone. Most residents live in family settings, with a strong presence of couples raising children.
3.5
▼ -2.8%
- 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 Hinchinbrook — higher than 95% of areas.
| Hinchinbrook | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 2168, NSW | 3.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 9.9%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why the area has some of the highest occupancy rates around, with 11.8% of homes holding six or more people.
9.9% ▲ +31.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hinchinbrook splits fairly evenly between 4 people (23%) and 2 people (21%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.1%. One-parent families are also more common than in most areas, accounting for 16.5% of the total.
16.5% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hinchinbrook, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; One-parent families is next at 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 Hinchinbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11922/hinchinbrook/topic/family-households