Limpinwood · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Limpinwood

How families and households are made up across the area.

Little has changed in the family structure of Limpinwood since 2011, but the area now has a notably high number of single-parent homes. It is a quiet residential area where about 41% of households are couples with children.

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📍 Limpinwood, Suburb / Locality

Where Limpinwood sits — Average household size

2.4 ▲ +9.1%
  • 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 Limpinwood — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Limpinwood2.4
2484, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 28% of people here live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. The typical home holds 2.4 people, similar to the national figure of 2.5.

2.4 ▲ +9.1%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.0% ▲ +20.2%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.3%
  • 2016: 26.7%
  • 2021: 28.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Limpinwood, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 17.7% of the community, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with and without children are equally common, each representing 41.1% of families.

17.7% ▲ +25.5%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.1%
  • 2016: 8.9%
  • 2021: 17.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Limpinwood splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 17%.

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 Limpinwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12342/limpinwood/topic/family-households