3.2 ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leppington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Leppington
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people typically share a home in Leppington, making it an area where large households are the norm. This is a family-focused place where few people live alone and most homes are anchored by couples with children.
3.2
▲ +10.3%
- 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 Leppington — higher than 89% of areas.
| Leppington | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2179, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.2 people per home, household sizes are well above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 14% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.0% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Leppington splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 71.1% of families here. This strong family presence is consistent with the fact that one-parent families are much less common than in most other areas, at just 8.9%.
8.9% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Leppington, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Leppington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12314/leppington/topic/family-households