2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pelaw Main · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pelaw Main
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person households and one-parent families are much more common in Pelaw Main than in other parts of the country. This makes the area stand out, as nearly one in three residents lives alone and one-quarter of families are headed by a single parent.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Pelaw Main — lower than 57% of areas.
| Pelaw Main | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2327, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home has 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales average.
30.4% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Pelaw Main splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.7% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This high proportion is a key feature of the local family mix, alongside couples with children who make up 48.9% of families.
24.7% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pelaw Main, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Pelaw Main [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13188/pelaw-main/topic/family-households