2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smithtown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Smithtown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Smithtown, making it an area where single-person households are much more common than in most other places. While most homes are small, with a typical size of 2.4 people, a significant number of local families are led by a single parent.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Smithtown — lower than 57% of areas.
| Smithtown | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes make up 29.6% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common group at 34.6%, and the overall number of people per home is about the same as across New South Wales.
29.6% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Smithtown splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.0% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the largest family group at 53.5%, while couples without children account for 25.5%.
20.0% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Smithtown, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Smithtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13580/smithtown/topic/family-households