2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nyngan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nyngan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Nyngan have shifted over the last decade, with a growing number of people now living alone. While many homes still house couples with children, the town has a higher-than-usual proportion of single-person households and one-parent families.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Nyngan — lower than 57% of areas.
| Nyngan | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2825, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.5% of people in Nyngan live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
32.5% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Nyngan splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This sits alongside a majority of families consisting of couples with children, who make up 54.1% of the group.
15.6% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nyngan, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13060/nyngan/topic/family-households