2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Medlow Bath · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Medlow Bath
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Medlow Bath than in the rest of the state. This creates a distinct household profile where small living arrangements are the norm. The typical home here holds only 2.1 people, which is lower than the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Medlow Bath — lower than 81% of areas.
| Medlow Bath | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2780, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 36.6% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. This helps explain why homes are typically smaller, with 40.1% of households containing just two people.
36.6% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Medlow Bath splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 46.8%. One-parent families account for 15.3% of the total, which is a little above the same figure for Australia.
15.3% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Medlow Bath, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Medlow Bath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12563/medlow-bath/topic/family-households