2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nyah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nyah
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Nyah are made up of people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than most other areas. These patterns highlight a community with a high proportion of single-person homes.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Nyah — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per home compared to the Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 34.2% of people living alone, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
34.2% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nyah, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 43.7%. One-parent families make up 14.8% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian average.
14.8% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Nyah splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Nyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21992/nyah/topic/family-households