3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Raby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Raby
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 62% of families in Raby are couples with children, making this the most common family type in the area. The suburb is defined by large households and a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Raby — higher than 86% of areas.
| Raby | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2566, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Raby are larger than most, with a typical size of 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, which helps explain why only 15.5% of residents live alone—a rate far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.5% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Raby, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.0% of the local total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
16.0% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Raby, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Raby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13316/raby/topic/family-households