2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blackwall · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blackwall
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Blackwall than in the typical Australian suburb. This small community is largely made up of two-person households, which account for 43.4% of all homes in the area.
2.2
▼ -15.4%
- 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 Blackwall — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with just 2.2 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. About 27.9% of residents live alone, which is a little above the Australian average.
27.9% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blackwall, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.4% of the population, a figure much higher than in most similar areas. Couples without children are the most common family type at 42.1%.
15.4% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Blackwall splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Blackwall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60053/blackwall/topic/family-households