2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Liston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Liston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the defining feature of Liston, where the typical home holds just 2.0 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with few large families and many people living on their own.
2.0
▼ -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 Liston — lower than 86% of areas.
| Liston | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2372, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of residents live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why homes here are much smaller than most areas, with 54.4% of households consisting of just two people.
29.8% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Liston, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 31%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 58.5%, while one-parent families account for 12.2%. This last figure is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.2% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Liston, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with 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 Liston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12355/liston/topic/family-households