Neville · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Neville

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than most similar areas define Neville, where 2.8 people typically live in each home. This is a family-heavy community with few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Neville, Suburb / Locality

Where Neville sits — Average household size

2.8 ▲ +12.0%
  • 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 Neville — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Neville2.8
2799, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 20% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Neville is larger than most, with 29.3% of households containing two people and 13.3% containing five.

2.8 ▲ +12.0%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.0% ▼ -11.8%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.7%
  • 2016: 24.4%
  • 2021: 20.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Neville, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

More than half of all families here are couples with children (54.8%). One-parent families make up 14% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.

14.0% ▲ +23.0%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 14.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Neville, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Neville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12946/neville/topic/family-households