2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Reedy Swamp · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Reedy Swamp
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are more common in Reedy Swamp than in most similar areas. Family life is the norm here, with 65.3% of homes consisting of couples with children.
2.6
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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 Reedy Swamp — higher than 57% of areas.
| Reedy Swamp | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2550, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at only 20%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Reedy Swamp, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 13.3% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the New South Wales average of 14%.
13.3% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Reedy Swamp, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Reedy Swamp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13356/reedy-swamp/topic/family-households