2.9 ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Purfleet · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Purfleet
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 60% of families in Purfleet are led by a single parent, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area stand out as a place where single-parent households are very common, often resulting in larger homes with more people living together.
2.9
▼ -25.6%
- 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 Purfleet — higher than 81% of areas.
| Purfleet | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2430, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with a typical 2.9 people per dwelling. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, which helps explain why only 16.1% of people live alone—a rate well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.1% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Purfleet, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 5 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 60.5% of the local total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. In contrast, couples with children account for 22.2% of families in the area.
60.5% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.5%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Purfleet, One-parent families is the majority at 64%; Couples with children is next at 23%.
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 Purfleet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13288/purfleet/topic/family-households