2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Norwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Norwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Norwood than in most similar areas, with nearly 30% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a residential landscape where smaller homes are common, as the typical household is smaller than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Norwood — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of residents live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Norwood has 2.3 people, slightly lower than the national figure of 2.5.
29.8% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Norwood, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.3% of the total, a rate higher than most similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure.
14.3% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Norwood, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Norwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60464/norwood/topic/family-households