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.
Parramatta Park · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Parramatta Park — lower than 81% of areas.
| Parramatta Park | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4870, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
42.3% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Parramatta Park, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (14%).
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Parramatta Park splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (35%) and Couples with children (35%), with One-parent families at 28%.
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