2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Premer · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Premer
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Premer, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-focused community where very few people live alone and a high proportion of households are headed by a single parent.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Premer — higher than 76% of areas.
| Premer | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2381, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 9.7% of people live alone, which is among the lowest rates for this level and far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are larger than average, with 41.9% of households containing two people and 29% holding three.
9.7% ▼ -44.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Premer, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 40% of the community, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. Couples with children account for another 37.3% of families.
40.0% ▲ +372.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Premer splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (39%) and Couples with children (37%), with Couples without children at 24%.
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 Premer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13271/premer/topic/family-households