2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ourimbah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ourimbah
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living together in Ourimbah than in most similar areas. The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is a higher figure than the national average of 2.5. This trend is driven by a small number of single-person households compared to other regions.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Ourimbah — higher than 71% of areas.
| Ourimbah | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2258, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.2% of people here live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 35% of all homes.
20.2% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ourimbah, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.1% of families, while one-parent families account for 13.8%. This share of single-parent homes is higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales average.
13.8% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ourimbah, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Ourimbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13114/ourimbah/topic/family-households