2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nimbin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nimbin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 42% of people live alone in Nimbin, which is far higher than the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its small household sizes, with a typical home holding only two people.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Nimbin — lower than 86% of areas.
| Nimbin | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nimbin has a very high number of single-person homes, making it well below the New South Wales and Australian averages for people per home. About 42.6% of residents live alone, while 31.4% live in two-person households.
42.6% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nimbin, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.7% of the total, a figure far above both the state and national averages. Couples with children represent 41.7% of families, while those without children account for 29.8%.
26.7% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nimbin, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (27%).
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 Nimbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12974/nimbin/topic/family-households