3.1 ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smithfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Smithfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a key feature of daily life in Smithfield, where an average of 3.1 people live in each dwelling. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is notably above the national figure of 2.5 people per home.
3.1
▲ +6.9%
- 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 Smithfield — higher than 88% of areas.
| Smithfield | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2164, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23% of people here live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are small to medium, with 23.4% holding two people and 17% holding four.
23.0% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Smithfield splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 1 person (23%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is often centered around children, with 64.7% of families being couples with kids. One-parent families make up 19.5% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14%.
19.5% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Smithfield, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 19%.
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 Smithfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13575/smithfield/topic/family-households