2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lower Boro · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lower Boro
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller living arrangements are common in Lower Boro, where many more people live alone than in other parts of the country. This trend is reflected in the typical home size, which is smaller than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Lower Boro — lower than 71% of areas.
| Lower Boro | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2580, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is partly because 28.6% of people live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25.0%.
28.6% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lower Boro, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.1% of families, while 40.1% are couples without children. Only 7.2% are one-parent families, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.2% ▼ -41.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lower Boro, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (7%).
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 Lower Boro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12411/lower-boro/topic/family-households