2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Metz · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Metz
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Metz, where 62.5% of families are couples with children. This trend is reflected in the same area's low rate of single-person living, meaning more people share their homes here than in most other parts of the country.
2.8
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- 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 Metz — higher than 76% of areas.
| Metz | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2350, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Metz holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 18.4% of people live alone, a rate well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
18.4% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Metz, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 5 people (21%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples with children, while one-parent families make up just 3.1%. This is far below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
3.1% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Metz, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Metz [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12605/metz/topic/family-households