2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nericon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nericon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 11.4% of people live alone in Nericon, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area. This makes the community stand out for its high number of multi-person households. Most homes are headed by couples, and many contain several people.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Nericon — higher than 76% of areas.
| Nericon | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2680, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per house. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, with 10.2% of households containing six or more people.
11.4% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nericon, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (12%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.2%. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.
13.4% ▲ +157.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nericon, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Nericon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12936/nericon/topic/family-households