1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smiths Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Smiths Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Smiths Creek are occupied by people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This creates a distinct pattern for the area, where small household sizes are the norm. The typical home here holds fewer people than most other areas across the state.
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 Smiths Creek — lower than 89% of areas.
| Smiths Creek | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2474, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, with 45.5% of residents living alone.
45.5% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Smiths Creek, 2 people is the majority at 60%; 1 person is next at 40%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.1% of the area, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%. The most common family type is couples without children, accounting for 51.4% of families.
8.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Smiths Creek, Couples without children is the majority at 63%; 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 Smiths Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13577/smiths-creek/topic/family-households