2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pomeroy · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pomeroy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 57.8% of families in Pomeroy, the largest group in the area. This community is characterised by larger households and a significantly higher proportion of single parents compared to the rest of the state.
2.9
—
- 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 Pomeroy — higher than 81% of areas.
| Pomeroy | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2580, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Pomeroy are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is linked to the fact that only 12.9% of people live alone, which is far below the national rate of 25.6%.
12.9% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pomeroy, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 21.7% of families. This is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
21.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pomeroy, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Pomeroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13251/pomeroy/topic/family-households