3.3 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Punchbowl · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Punchbowl
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Punchbowl than in most other areas, with an average of 3.3 people per household. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where large family groups are common. The area is defined by a high proportion of couples with children and fewer people living on their own.
3.3
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- 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 Punchbowl — higher than 91% of areas.
| Punchbowl | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2196, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 12.7% of households containing six or more people. This helps explain why only 19.4% of residents live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
19.4% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Punchbowl splits fairly evenly between 2 people (22%) and 1 person (19%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 68%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, at 17%, which is well above the state average of 14%.
17.0% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Punchbowl, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; One-parent families is next at 17%.
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 Punchbowl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13286/punchbowl/topic/family-households