3.2 ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pitt Town · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pitt Town
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Pitt Town, where the typical home holds 3.2 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, making it one of the most crowded home environments in the region.
3.2
▲ +6.7%
- 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 Pitt Town — higher than 89% of areas.
| Pitt Town | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2756, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 10.1%, which is far below the national average of 25.6%. The most common household sizes are four people (27.7%) and two people (27.5%).
10.1% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Pitt Town splits fairly evenly between 4 people (28%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, making up 71.9% of the total. Only 7.9% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
7.9% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pitt Town, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Pitt Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13238/pitt-town/topic/family-households