2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Reefton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Reefton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A little fewer people live in each home in Reefton than the national figure. The area is largely made up of couples with children, though it has a higher share of one-parent families than most similar areas.
2.2
—
- 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 Reefton — lower than 76% of areas.
| Reefton | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2666, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Reefton hold 2.2 people. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the Australian average of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Reefton, 2 people is the majority at 60%; 1 person is next at 40%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.8% of families here, while 29.2% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.5%, which is higher than most similar areas, though this is a little below the state figure of 14.0%.
12.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Reefton, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Reefton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13357/reefton/topic/family-households