2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Matong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Matong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 45% of families in Matong are couples with children, though the area is also marked by a high number of people living alone. This mix means homes are generally smaller than average, with just 2.2 people per household.
2.2
▼ -15.4%
- 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 Matong — lower than 76% of areas.
| Matong | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2652, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of residents live alone, which is well above the state and national figures. This helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than most, holding only 2.2 people.
29.7% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Matong, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 5 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with and without children are equally common, each making up 44.2% of families. One-parent families account for 13.5%, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
13.5% ▲ +49.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Matong splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Matong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12533/matong/topic/family-households