3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Northwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are the norm in Northwood, where the typical home holds 3.1 people. This is a family-heavy area with very few people living alone, making it much more crowded than the national figure.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Northwood — higher than 88% of areas.
| Northwood | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2066, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.1 people per household compared to 2.5 across Australia. Only 6.2% of residents live alone, which is far below the state and national figures of around 25%.
6.2% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Northwood, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 66.8% of the total. One-parent families account for only 7.0%, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and national averages.
7.0% ▲ +91.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northwood, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Northwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13034/northwood/topic/family-households