2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Katoomba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Katoomba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Katoomba than in most similar areas, with nearly 40% of all homes housing just one person. This results in smaller households overall, with a typical home holding only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Katoomba — lower than 81% of areas.
| Katoomba | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2780, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 39.5% of all households—a figure far above the New South Wales average of 25%. This high number of solo residents helps explain why the typical household size is much lower than in most other areas.
39.5% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Katoomba splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types are less common, with couples with children forming 45% of the mix and couples without children accounting for 34.3%.
19.6% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Katoomba, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Katoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12085/katoomba/topic/family-households