3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Matcham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Matcham
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 3.2 people live in the typical home in Matcham, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This is a place where large households are common and very few people live on their own.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 Matcham — higher than 89% of areas.
| Matcham | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2250, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 9.7% of households consist of one person, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why Matcham has some of the highest numbers of people per home in the region.
9.7% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Matcham, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (16%) and 5 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children (64.8%), while one-parent families make up just 8.1%, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
8.1% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Matcham, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Matcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12530/matcham/topic/family-households