2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nashua · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nashua
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Nashua compared to other areas, with only 11.6% of households being single-person homes. This small community is mostly made up of larger households, where the typical home holds 2.7 people.
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 Nashua — higher than 71% of areas.
| Nashua | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2479, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 44.2% of households containing two people and 22.1% having three. This explains why the share of people living alone is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
11.6% ▼ -47.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nashua, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of the families in Nashua are couples with children, while 34.2% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 15.3% of the total, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.3% ▲ +183.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nashua, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (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 Nashua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12923/nashua/topic/family-households