2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Linden · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Linden
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Linden have remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on couples. Most homes are shared, and the typical household size is 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Linden — higher than 50% of areas.
| Linden | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2778, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here at 44.2%. This helps explain why the proportion of people living alone is only 18.4%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
18.4% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Linden, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of the families in Linden are couples with children, making up 53% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.9%, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.9% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Linden, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Linden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12344/linden/topic/family-households