2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pelton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pelton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significant shift in family structure has occurred in Pelton, where one-parent families now make up 22.7% of the total. This figure is well above the national average and represents one of the highest proportions for an area of this type.
2.5
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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 Pelton — higher than 50% of areas.
| Pelton | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2325, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Pelton houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. About 23.3% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below both the state and national averages.
23.3% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Pelton splits fairly evenly between 3 people (32%) and 1 person (28%), with 2 people at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, at 54.5%. The proportion of one-parent families is 22.7%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
22.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pelton, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Pelton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13190/pelton/topic/family-households