2.9 ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Orara · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Upper Orara
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-usual homes make daily life in Upper Orara a family-focused experience. The area is far less likely to have people living alone compared to most other places, with a typical household hosting 2.9 people.
2.9
▲ +11.5%
- 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 Upper Orara — higher than 81% of areas.
| Upper Orara | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2450, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Households here are larger than the national figure of 2.5, with 39.7% of homes containing two people. Only 12.5% of residents live alone, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 25%.
12.5% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Orara, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common, making up 60.8% of the area. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 9.5%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.5% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Orara, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Upper Orara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14059/upper-orara/topic/family-households