2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Purlewaugh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Purlewaugh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 15.6% of people live alone in Purlewaugh, which is well below the national figure. This is a small community where the vast majority of households consist of two or more people. Most homes are occupied by couples, with a balanced split between those with and without children.
2.4
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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 Purlewaugh — lower than 57% of areas.
| Purlewaugh | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2357, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 37.5% of all homes.
15.6% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Purlewaugh, 2 people is the majority at 60%; 1 person is next at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are dominated by couples, with 52.2% having no children and 49.3% having children. Only 6.0% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
6.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Purlewaugh splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (49%) and Couples with children (46%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 Purlewaugh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13289/purlewaugh/topic/family-households