2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Majors Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Majors Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Most areas like this one have similar household patterns, but Majors Creek stands out for its high proportion of single-parent families. Two-person homes are the most common, making up over half of all households in the area.
2.4
▲ +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 Majors Creek — lower than 57% of areas.
| Majors Creek | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2622, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Majors Creek has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures. About 23.8% of households are people living alone, a figure slightly below the state and national averages.
23.8% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Majors Creek, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.1% of the area, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national average. Couples with children are the largest group at 45.6%, followed closely by couples without children at 40.1%.
16.1% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Majors Creek, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Majors Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12461/majors-creek/topic/family-households