3.3 ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oakville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oakville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Oakville, where the typical home holds 3.3 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community dominated by families rather than individuals living alone.
3.3
▲ +6.5%
- 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 Oakville — higher than 91% of areas.
| Oakville | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2765, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.6% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes here are so crowded, with 29.6% of households containing two people and 17.8% holding four.
13.6% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oakville, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 65.7%. In contrast, one-parent families account for just 8.3%, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
8.3% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oakville, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Oakville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13071/oakville/topic/family-households