2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Howlong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Howlong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people share a home in Howlong than is typical for New South Wales. The town has a smaller usual household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the state and national figures.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Howlong — lower than 71% of areas.
| Howlong | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2643, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes are smaller than in most areas, with 26.4% of people living alone, a figure a little above the New South Wales average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 43.1% of all homes.
26.4% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Howlong, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.6%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.6% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Howlong, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Howlong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11957/howlong/topic/family-households