2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Valentine · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Valentine
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Valentine, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This is a family-heavy suburb with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
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- 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 Valentine — higher than 71% of areas.
| Valentine | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2280, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by two people (37.1%) or four people (20.6%), contributing to the larger household sizes seen here.
18.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Valentine, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.2% of families, while one-parent families account for 10.9%. This share of single-parent homes is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
10.9% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Valentine, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Valentine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14083/valentine/topic/family-households