Piora · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Piora

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family life in Piora has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on multi-person homes. This is an area where few people live alone, and most households consist of two or more people.

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📍 Piora, Suburb / Locality

Where Piora sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Piora — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Piora2.5
2470, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 14.3% of people in Piora live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes house two people (60.7%), while the typical household size of 2.5 people is about the same as the Australian average.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.3%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.0%
  • 2021: 14.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Piora, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 3 people (14%) and 4 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with and without children make up the bulk of the area, each representing 39.3% of families. Single-parent families account for 14.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.

14.8%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 14.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Piora splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 16%.

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 Piora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13235/piora/topic/family-households