2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pelican · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pelican
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Pelican have remained relatively stable over the last decade. The area is mostly made up of couples with children, who make up 51.7% of all families. This creates a balanced domestic landscape where home sizes and family types align closely with state and national norms.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Pelican — higher than 50% of areas.
| Pelican | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2281, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Pelican houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Australian figure. About 22.5% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6%.
22.5% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pelican, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, while 34.3% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.1%, which is higher than most similar areas.
13.1% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pelican, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Pelican [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13189/pelican/topic/family-households