Paling Yards · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Paling Yards

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people live in each home in Paling Yards than is typical across the country. This small community has a lower average household size than both the state and national figures, with just 2.3 people per dwelling.

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📍 Paling Yards, Suburb / Locality

Where Paling Yards sits — Average household size

2.3
  • 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 Paling Yards — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Paling Yards2.3
2795, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.3 people per home, households here are a little smaller than the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the Australian average of 2.5. This is lower than most similar areas.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

The most common family composition is Couples without children at 33%, ahead of Couples with children (27%).

Family composition

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In Paling Yards, the largest group is Couples without children at 42%, followed by Couples with children (33%) and One-parent families (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 Paling Yards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13139/paling-yards/topic/family-households