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.
Primrose Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Primrose Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are more common in Primrose Valley than in most similar areas. Nearly 65% of local families consist of couples with children, contributing to a typical home size of 2.8 people. This is higher than the national figure of 2.5.
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 Primrose Valley — higher than 76% of areas.
| Primrose Valley | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2621, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With a typical 2.8 people per home, Primrose Valley has larger households than most similar areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 20.8%, which is well below the same figure for New South Wales and Australia.
20.8% ▲ +50.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Primrose Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 64.9%. One-parent families account for 12.7% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the state and national levels.
12.7% ▲ +168.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Primrose Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Primrose Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13277/primrose-valley/topic/family-households