2.5 ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parma · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Parma
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family life is very common in Parma, where more than half of all households consist of couples with children. This focus on family living is reflected in the low number of people living alone and a much lower rate of single-parent families compared to the national average.
2.5
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Parma — higher than 50% of areas.
| Parma | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 19% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.5 people, while the most common household size is two people at 42.9%.
19.0% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Parma, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.9% of families in Parma. Single-parent families are rare here at 7.7%, which is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
7.7% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Parma, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 Parma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13166/parma/topic/family-households