2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ophir · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ophir
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Ophir, where a high proportion of families with children live. Nearly two-thirds of families here include children, contributing to a typical home size that is larger than the national figure.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Ophir — higher than 76% of areas.
| Ophir | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2800, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Ophir are often crowded, with 2.8 people per dwelling, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.5. Two-person households are the most common at 46.2%, while 23.1% of people live alone, a figure slightly below the state average.
23.1% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ophir, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life in Ophir is dominated by couples with children, who make up 64.3% of families. This helps explain why one-parent families are so rare here, at just 5.4%, which is well below the national rate of 14.1%.
5.4% ▼ -69.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ophir, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Ophir [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13101/ophir/topic/family-households