2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smythesdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Smythesdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes are more common in Smythesdale than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused community where few people live alone, and the typical household contains 2.7 people.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Smythesdale — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 19.3% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the usual household size is higher than in most areas.
19.3% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Smythesdale, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.5% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.3%, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.3% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Smythesdale, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Smythesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22299/smythesdale/topic/family-households