3.0 ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nelsons Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nelsons Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Nelsons Plains are couples with children. This is a place where homes are typically larger than usual, with an average of 3.0 people per household, far exceeding the national figure of 2.5.
3.0
▼ -6.3%
- 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 Nelsons Plains — higher than 86% of areas.
| Nelsons Plains | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2324, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, and very few people live alone, at just 8.6% compared to the national figure of 25.6%. Nearly half of all households consist of two people, while 12.9% hold five or more.
8.6% ▲ +70.3%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nelsons Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 4 people (16%) and 5 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.7% of the community, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families are couples, with 55% raising children and 36.6% without.
5.7% ▼ -49.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nelsons Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Nelsons Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12933/nelsons-plains/topic/family-households