3.5 ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Picketts Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Picketts Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are the norm in Picketts Valley, where the typical home holds 3.5 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, creating a community dominated by families rather than single dwellers.
3.5
▲ +12.9%
- 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 Picketts Valley — higher than 95% of areas.
| Picketts Valley | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 2251, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 35.5% of households containing four people. Only 9.7% of residents live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
9.7% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Picketts Valley, the largest group is 4 people at 37%, followed by 2 people (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are family-based, with 79.3% being couples with children. Only 3.8% of families are headed by one parent, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
3.8% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Picketts Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 78%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Picketts Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13210/picketts-valley/topic/family-households