2.7 ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paraparap · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paraparap
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest slice of the local picture, accounting for 67.6% of families in Paraparap. This makes the area a strong base for family life, where homes are generally larger than in many other similar places.
2.7
▼ -12.9%
- 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 Paraparap — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Paraparap typically hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure. While 23.8% of people live alone, the most common household size is two people at 27%.
23.8% ▲ +97.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Paraparap splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (26%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area has a much lower rate of one-parent families than the state or national figures, sitting at 9.4%. Most families here are couples, with 67.6% raising children and 25.2% without.
9.4% ▲ +63.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paraparap, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Paraparap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22035/paraparap/topic/family-households