2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Liverpool · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Liverpool
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families make up 20.3% of the total in Liverpool, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This area sees a higher proportion of single parents and people living alone than most other similar places. The typical home is home to 2.6 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Liverpool — higher than 57% of areas.
| Liverpool | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2170, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 29% of people in Liverpool live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Despite this, the area has more people per home than most other areas, with 2.6 people typically sharing a residence.
28.9% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Liverpool splits fairly evenly between 1 person (29%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children are the most common group at 58.6%. The number of one-parent families is much higher than in most areas, sitting at 20.3% compared to the 14.1% seen across Australia.
20.3% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Liverpool, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Liverpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12370/liverpool/topic/family-households