3.8 ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9
- 2016: 3.9
- 2021: 3.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Old Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Old Guildford
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 70% of families in Old Guildford are couples with children, making it a place where large households are the norm. The typical home here is far more crowded than the national average, often housing nearly four people.
3.8
▼ -2.6%
- 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 Old Guildford — higher than 99% of areas.
| Old Guildford | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| 2161, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.8 people per home, Old Guildford has some of the highest household sizes in the region. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, and very few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.
13.4% ▲ +17.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Old Guildford splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (22%) and 2 people (18%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.0% of the area, which is much higher than in most other places. This is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
17.0% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Old Guildford, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; One-parent families is next at 17%.
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 Old Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13088/old-guildford/topic/family-households