2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nugent · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nugent
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Nugent than in most other areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, matching the national figure, the area has a notable number of single-person households. This creates a mixed residential landscape where small households sit alongside larger family homes.
2.5
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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 Nugent — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 36.6% of households, which is far above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 39%, while 22% of households have four people.
36.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Nugent splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.4%. One-parent families account for 15.9% of the total, a figure that is a little above the national average and much higher than most similar areas.
15.9% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nugent, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Nugent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60469/nugent/topic/family-households