2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Medway · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Medway
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Medway compared to the rest of the country, with only 16.3% of households being single-person homes. This area is dominated by larger family groups and couples, creating a living pattern that differs sharply from the New South Wales average.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Medway — higher than 71% of areas.
| Medway | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2577, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Medway house two or more people, with a typical size of 2.7 people per dwelling. This is higher than most areas, while the number of people living alone is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
16.3% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Medway, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are the most common household type at 60.8%. This helps explain why one-parent families make up only 4.8% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
4.8% ▼ -48.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Medway, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Medway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12565/medway/topic/family-households