2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Milroy · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Milroy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people live alone in Milroy, where most households consist of two or more people. This creates a landscape dominated by family units, with a typical home holding 2.7 people.
2.7
—
- 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 Milroy — higher than 71% of areas.
| Milroy | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2380, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 11.1% of residents live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas, with nearly half of all homes (48.1%) housing two people.
11.1% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Milroy, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (15%) and 5 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a majority of families at 54.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 8.5% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
8.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Milroy, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Milroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12637/milroy/topic/family-households