Parramatta Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Parramatta Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than 42% of homes in Parramatta Park are occupied by people living alone. This makes it a place with very small households compared to the rest of the country, where a lone resident is far more common than in other similar areas.

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📍 Parramatta Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Parramatta Park sits — Average household size

2.1 ▲ +10.5%
  • 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 Parramatta Park — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Parramatta Park2.1
4870, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which make up 42.3% of all homes.

2.1 ▲ +10.5%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

42.3% ▼ -6.5%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 45.3%
  • 2016: 41.8%
  • 2021: 42.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Parramatta Park, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 27.8% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types are common too, with couples without children accounting for 35.2% of families.

27.8% ▲ +27.4%

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.8%
  • 2016: 24.1%
  • 2021: 27.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Parramatta Park splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (35%) and Couples with children (35%), with One-parent families 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 Parramatta Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32279/parramatta-park/topic/family-households