2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palm Grove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palm Grove
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of households in Palm Grove are made up of people living alone, a figure higher than most similar areas. This community is largely defined by small living arrangements, with almost half of all homes housing just two people.
2.4
—
- 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 Palm Grove — lower than 57% of areas.
| Palm Grove | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2258, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures. While 26.5% of residents live alone—a rate a little above the state average—nearly half of all households contain two people.
26.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palm Grove, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 31%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.6% of families, while couples without children account for 40.3%. One-parent families make up 13.9% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
13.9% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palm Grove, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Palm Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13144/palm-grove/topic/family-households