2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Inverell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Inverell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of one-parent families and single-person homes set Inverell apart from similar areas. While nearly half of families include couples with children, there is a strong presence of people living alone, which keeps the typical household size smaller than 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 Inverell — lower than 71% of areas.
| Inverell | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2360, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.7% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%. Because so many people live by themselves or in two-person homes, Inverell has only 2.3 people per home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
30.7% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Inverell, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.9% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. Other family types are less common, with couples with children accounting for 46.2% and couples without children making up 31.6%.
20.9% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Inverell, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Inverell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11990/inverell/topic/family-households