2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meadow Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meadow Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and more family-based living have shaped the recent growth of Meadow Flat. The area is now defined by a strong presence of couples with children, who make up over half of all families.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Meadow Flat — higher than 76% of areas.
| Meadow Flat | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with a typical 2.8 people per dwelling. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 14.2%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
14.2% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meadow Flat, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.4% of families in the area. One-parent families are much less common here than across the state, accounting for only 9.6% of the total.
9.6% ▲ +75.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meadow Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Meadow Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12559/meadow-flat/topic/family-households