1.7 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Norway · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Norway
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 62% of households in Norway consist of just one person, far exceeding the national figure. This makes Norway a sparsely populated area where most residents live alone, resulting in very small household sizes compared to the rest of the state.
1.7
—
- 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 Norway — lower than 94% of areas.
| Norway | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2787, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 62.1% of households, which is far above the Australian average of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home in Norway holds only 1.7 people, well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
62.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Norway, 1 person is the majority at 72%; 3 people is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families here are couples without children, while 40.6% are couples with children. There are no one-parent families in the area, a figure that is far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Norway, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 45%.
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 Norway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13035/norway/topic/family-households