1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Running Stream · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Running Stream
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Running Stream, where far more people live alone than in the typical Australian town. The area is mostly made up of two-person homes, reflecting a community where few large families reside.
1.9
—
- 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 Running Stream — lower than 89% of areas.
| Running Stream | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2850, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Running Stream has just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 31.6% of residents live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
31.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Running Stream, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 64.9%, while one-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
11.7% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Running Stream, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 27%.
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 Running Stream [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13456/running-stream/topic/family-households