2.0 ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nerriga · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nerriga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households have become the norm in Nerriga, where the typical home now holds just two people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a local trend toward smaller living arrangements. While most homes are small, there is a notably higher rate of one-parent families compared to most other areas.
2.0
▲ +5.3%
- 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 Nerriga — lower than 86% of areas.
| Nerriga | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2622, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is much lower than most areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is consistent with the fact that 43.8% of households consist of just two people, while only 18.8% of residents live alone.
18.8% ▼ -46.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nerriga, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.7% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%. Otherwise, the area is dominated by couples, with 61.9% of families being couples without children.
16.7% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nerriga, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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 Nerriga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12939/nerriga/topic/family-households