2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Metford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Metford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Metford are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area is characterized by larger-than-usual households and a notably high proportion of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.6
▼ -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 Metford — higher than 57% of areas.
| Metford | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2323, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Metford holds 2.6 people, which is higher than in most similar areas. About 24.4% of households are people living alone, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
24.4% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Metford, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.2% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is much higher than most similar areas, while couples with children remain the largest group at 50.3%.
22.2% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Metford, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Metford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12603/metford/topic/family-households