2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Long Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Long Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of single-parent families defines Long Flat, where one in four families are led by a single parent. This is far above the national figure and among the highest rates for similar areas. While many homes host couples with children, others are smaller, with about a quarter of the population living alone.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Long Flat — lower than 57% of areas.
| Long Flat | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2446, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Long Flat has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures. Around 26.1% of residents live alone, a figure that sits around the middle for its level.
26.1% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Long Flat splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.0% of the community, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 44.6%, followed by couples without children at 19.6%.
25.0% ▲ +63.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Long Flat, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by One-parent families (28%) and Couples without children (22%).
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 Long Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12386/long-flat/topic/family-households