2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pooncarie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pooncarie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Pooncarie, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its high proportion of single-person households compared to other similar places. Most homes here are occupied by couples, with family units making up the bulk of the local population.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Pooncarie — lower than 57% of areas.
| Pooncarie | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2648, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures. While 29.6% of homes are for one person, 27.8% house two people.
29.6% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Pooncarie splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 2.9% of the total, a figure that is far below the national average of 14.1%. Instead, the vast majority of families are couples, with 67.6% raising children.
2.9% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pooncarie, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Pooncarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13254/pooncarie/topic/family-households