2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nayook · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children are the most common family type in Nayook, making up 40.7% of households. Despite this, the area has a surprisingly high number of people living alone, with a typical home holding only 2.1 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Nayook — lower than 81% of areas.
Average household size.
About 32.4% of people live alone in Nayook, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the usual household size of 2.1 people is much lower than most other areas.
2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
32.4% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Nayook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (38%), with 4 people at 13%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.5% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas.
18.5% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Nayook splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 19%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Nayook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21904/nayook/topic/family-households