2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pokolbin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pokolbin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Pokolbin compared to most similar areas. This community is mostly made up of couples and families, with very few single-person households or one-parent homes.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Pokolbin — lower than 57% of areas.
| Pokolbin | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2320, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two people live in 57.1% of homes, and only 16% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. The typical household size of 2.4 people is about the same as across New South Wales.
16.0% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pokolbin, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 1 person is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 53.1% of families, while 40.5% have children. Only 6.4% of families are headed by a single parent, a figure well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
6.4% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pokolbin, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 41%.
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 Pokolbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13248/pokolbin/topic/family-households