2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nyah West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nyah West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Roughly 47% of families in Nyah West are couples with children. This makes it a place where family life is prominent, although a high number of people also live on their own.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 West — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Nyah West are smaller than usual, with 2.3 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 33.3% of people live alone, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
33.3% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Nyah West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.9% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. These families are a significant part of the community alongside couples with and without children.
20.9% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nyah West, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21993/nyah-west/topic/family-households