2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palmers Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palmers Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Palmers Island have remained steady over the last decade. The area is mostly made up of families, with more than half of all homes being couples with children. This creates a community where larger households are common and single-parent homes are rare.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Palmers Island — higher than 57% of areas.
| Palmers Island | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2463, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common, making up 41.7% of all homes.
23.2% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palmers Island, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children are the most frequent household type at 58.3%. In contrast, one-parent families make up only 5.9% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
5.9% ▼ -63.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palmers Island, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13147/palmers-island/topic/family-households