2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Possum Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Possum Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Possum Creek have remained steady over the last decade, with a strong core of couples with children. The area mirrors national patterns, with the typical home housing 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Possum Creek — higher than 50% of areas.
| Possum Creek | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2479, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.2% of people here live alone, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 25%. The most common household size is two people, making up a third of all homes.
23.2% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Possum Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families are couples with children, at 53.5%. One-parent families make up 11.9% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.9% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Possum Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Possum Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13264/possum-creek/topic/family-households