2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Holbrook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Holbrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Holbrook than in most similar areas. This trend means the typical home is smaller than those in the rest of the state, with a typical household containing just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Holbrook — lower than 76% of areas.
| Holbrook | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2644, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 35.6% of residents live by themselves, a figure far above the national rate of 25.6%. Because of this, the usual home size is a little below the Australian figure, with two-person households being the most common at 40.5%.
35.6% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Holbrook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.7% of the local total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales average. Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.1%.
15.7% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Holbrook, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (39%) 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 Holbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11927/holbrook/topic/family-households