2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oxford Falls · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oxford Falls
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Oxford Falls compared to the rest of the country. This is a place where small households are the norm, with a typical home holding just 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 Oxford Falls — lower than 81% of areas.
| Oxford Falls | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2099, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40.3% of residents live by themselves, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why the area has much lower occupancy per home than most other areas, with two-person households also making up 41.2% of the total.
40.3% ▲ +42.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Oxford Falls splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (42%), with 4 people at 7%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 56.8%. The area has far fewer one-parent families than the national figure, at just 3.2% compared to 14.1% across Australia.
3.2% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oxford Falls, Couples without children is the majority at 57%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
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 Oxford Falls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13117/oxford-falls/topic/family-households