Niangala · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Niangala

How families and households are made up across the area.

Almost half of all homes in Niangala are couples with children. This is a family-focused area where single-parent households are completely absent, and the typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.

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Where Niangala sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -3.8%
  • 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 Niangala — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Niangala2.5
2354, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 19.6% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most households are small, with over half consisting of just two people.

2.5 ▼ -3.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

19.6% ▲ +1.8%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.3%
  • 2016: 24.5%
  • 2021: 19.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Niangala, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families here are almost exclusively couples, with 49.2% raising children and 47.5% without. There are no one-parent families, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.0%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Niangala, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 49%.

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 Niangala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12971/niangala/topic/family-households