2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Albury · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Albury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in West Albury are couples with children. This area sees a high number of people living alone compared to other parts of the country, which helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the national figure.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 West Albury — lower than 76% of areas.
| West Albury | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2640, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person homes are very common here, making up 33.2% of all households. This is well above the 25.6% national figure, and it contributes to the typical home having just 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
33.2% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Albury splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.0% of the total, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 47.9%.
18.0% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Albury, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 West Albury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14256/west-albury/topic/family-households