2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oswald · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oswald
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households and a high number of people living alone shape daily life in Oswald. The area is notable for having 2.8 people per home, which is much higher than most similar areas.
2.8
—
- 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 Oswald — higher than 76% of areas.
| Oswald | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2321, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 31% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home is larger than most, with 24.1% of households containing five people.
31.0% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oswald, the largest group is 1 person at 29%, followed by 5 people (23%) and 2 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 83.3% of families here. This is reflected in the fact that one-parent families are entirely absent, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 14%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oswald, Couples with children is the majority at 80%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Oswald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13111/oswald/topic/family-households