2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palmers Channel · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palmers Channel
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far lower rate of single-parent families than the state average marks the household profile of Palmers Channel. While nearly half of families here are couples with children, about 29% of all homes are occupied by a person living alone.
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 Palmers Channel — lower than 57% of areas.
| Palmers Channel | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2463, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes hold 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, people living alone make up 28.9% of households, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
28.9% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palmers Channel, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 5 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 47.4% of families, while those with children account for 49.5%. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palmers Channel, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 49%.
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 Palmers Channel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13146/palmers-channel/topic/family-households