3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palmvale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palmvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Palmvale are couples with children. This is a place where households tend to be larger than usual, with the typical home holding 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
3.1
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- 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 Palmvale — higher than 88% of areas.
| Palmvale | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2484, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 12%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why household sizes are among the highest for similar areas, with 16% of homes holding six or more people.
12.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palmvale, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 3.9% of the community, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are also common, accounting for 43.4% of families.
3.9% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palmvale, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 43%.
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 Palmvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13149/palmvale/topic/family-households