3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laffing Waters · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Laffing Waters
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Laffing Waters compared to the rest of the state, with only 12.5% of households consisting of one person. This shift towards larger living arrangements means homes here are more crowded than the national average, typically housing 3.0 people.
3.0
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- 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 Laffing Waters — higher than 86% of areas.
| Laffing Waters | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Laffing Waters are larger than most, with 3.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 28.1% of households have two people and 21.9% have four.
12.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Laffing Waters, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 76.1%. Only 10.2% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
10.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laffing Waters, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Laffing Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12242/laffing-waters/topic/family-households