2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oakey Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oakey Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of homes in Oakey Park are shared by two people. This small area has a high proportion of single-person households and one-parent families, making it quite different from the state and national norms.
2.2
—
- 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 Oakey Park — lower than 76% of areas.
| Oakey Park | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2790, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Oakey Park are smaller than usual, with just 2.2 people per house. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, and reflects the fact that 36.4% of residents live alone—a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
36.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Oakey Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.3% of the total, which is among the highest levels for similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 47.7%.
24.3% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oakey Park, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Oakey Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13066/oakey-park/topic/family-households