2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Obley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Obley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Obley have remained largely stable over the last decade, though the area is now marked by a very low rate of single-parent homes. Almost half of all families here are couples with children, while the typical home holds about two people.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Obley — lower than 57% of areas.
| Obley | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2868, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Obley house two people, making up 44.1% of all households. The number of people living alone is 23.5%, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
23.5% ▲ +48.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Obley, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 4.1% of the population, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 47.9%.
4.1% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Obley splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 4%.
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 Obley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13080/obley/topic/family-households