2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
O'Connell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in O'Connell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are the norm in O'Connell, where an average of 2.9 people live in each home. This is much higher than most other areas, creating a community where few people live on their own.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 O'Connell — higher than 81% of areas.
| O'Connell | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.2% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes house two people (32.7%) or three to four people (19% each).
14.2% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In O'Connell, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 67.4% of the total. In contrast, one-parent families are rare at just 5.9%, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
5.9% ▼ -41.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In O'Connell, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 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 O'Connell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13063/o-connell/topic/family-households