2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stuart Town · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Stuart Town
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Stuart Town consist of just two people. This small community has a high number of people living alone and a much higher rate of single-parent families than the state and national figures.
2.3
→ 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 Stuart Town — lower than 71% of areas.
| Stuart Town | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2820, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Stuart Town is smaller than most, with 2.3 people per home. This is partly because 31.5% of people live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average.
31.5% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Stuart Town splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24% of the local total, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
24.0% ▲ +152.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stuart Town, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Stuart Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13695/stuart-town/topic/family-households