2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Matheson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Matheson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Matheson, where the typical home holds 2.6 people. This community is primarily made up of family groups, with a striking absence of single-parent homes.
2.6
—
- 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 Matheson — higher than 57% of areas.
| Matheson | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2370, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.6 people per home, households here are larger than most areas. This figure is about the same as the state and national figures.
Household size
View on map →In Matheson, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 4 people is next at 44%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 64.7% having children and 41.2% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Matheson, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Matheson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12531/matheson/topic/family-households