2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paddys Flat · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people per home is the norm in Paddys Flat, which is much higher than in most other areas. This creates a pattern of larger households compared to the state and national figures. Most homes here are family-based, with couples raising children being the most common arrangement.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Paddys Flat — higher than 81% of areas.
| Paddys Flat | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2632, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home in Paddys Flat holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national figure of 2.5.
2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paddys Flat splits fairly evenly between 2 people (50%) and 4 people (50%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.9% of families, while 26.1% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.0%, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the New South Wales rate of 14.0%.
13.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Paddys Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Paddys Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13128/paddys-flat/topic/family-households