2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Neath · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Neath
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Neath than in most similar areas, with 43.8% of households consisting of just one person. This trend makes the area's typical home size smaller than the state and national figures, creating a residential profile dominated by single-person living.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Neath — lower than 81% of areas.
| Neath | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2326, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Neath are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per house compared to 2.6 in New South Wales. This is driven by the fact that 43.8% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%.
43.8% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Neath, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (28%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.2% of the total, a figure far above both the state and national averages of around 14%. Couples with children account for 36.6% of families, while those without children make up 35%.
25.2% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Neath splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (37%) and Couples without children (35%), with One-parent families at 25%.
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 Neath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12926/neath/topic/family-households