2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Quambone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Quambone
How families and households are made up across the area.
A strong focus on family life defines Quambone, where 65.2% of households are couples with children. This makes the area much more family-oriented than the state and national averages, with very few single-parent homes.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Quambone — higher than 50% of areas.
| Quambone | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2831, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Quambone houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. About 21.2% of people live alone, a rate that is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
21.2% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Quambone, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (27%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 4.3% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 14%. Most families here are couples, with 27.5% having no children.
4.3% ▼ -65.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Quambone, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Quambone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13300/quambone/topic/family-households