2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paramatta · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paramatta
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Paramatta than in most similar areas. This suggests a trend toward smaller households, with the typical home hosting 2.3 people.
2.3
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- 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 Paramatta — lower than 71% of areas.
| Paramatta | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5558, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.3 people per home, Paramatta is lower than most areas. This figure is a little below the Australian average of 2.5 and about the same as the South Australian figure of 2.4.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The most common family composition is Couples without children at 44%, ahead of One-parent families (33%).
Family composition
View on map →In Paramatta, Couples without children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families is next at 43%.
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 Paramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41106/paramatta/topic/family-households