3.5 ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.6
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parklea · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Parklea
How families and households are made up across the area.
An average of 3.5 people live in each home in Parklea, a figure well above the national average of 2.5. This reflects a community dominated by large households, where few people live on their own. Most residents here live as part of a family unit, particularly couples raising children.
3.5
▲ +2.9%
- 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 Parklea — higher than 95% of areas.
| Parklea | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 2768, NSW | 3.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.5 people per home, household sizes are among the highest for similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is mirrored by the fact that only 7.1% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
7.1% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Parklea, the largest group is 4 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 2 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 77.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 9.7%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.7% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Parklea, Couples with children is the majority at 77%; Couples without children is next at 13%.
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 Parklea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13164/parklea/topic/family-households