Minto · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Minto

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people share a home in Minto than in most other areas, making it a place where large households are the norm. With an average of 3.1 people per home, the community is built around family life rather than people living on their own.

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📍 Minto, Suburb / Locality

Where Minto sits — Average household size

3.1 → 0.0%
  • 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 Minto — higher than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Minto3.1
2566, NSW 3.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes here are larger than those in the rest of the country, with 23.4% of households holding four people. This helps explain why only 17.9% of residents live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.

3.1 → 0.0%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.9% ▼ -1.6%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.2%
  • 2016: 17.1%
  • 2021: 17.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Minto splits fairly evenly between 4 people (23%) and 2 people (23%), with 3 people at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69.3%. One-parent families are also more common here than in most areas, accounting for 15.4% of the total.

15.4% ▼ -16.6%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.4%
  • 2016: 16.8%
  • 2021: 15.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Minto, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; One-parent families is next at 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 Minto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12653/minto/topic/family-households