2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Albury · State Electorate
Family & Households in Albury
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of families in Albury consist of couples with children, making it the most common family type. However, the area also has a very high number of people living alone, which helps explain why homes here are generally smaller than in other parts of the country.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Albury — lower than 86% of areas.
| Albury | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.7% of people in Albury live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This means the typical home is smaller than most, with 2.3 people per household compared to 2.5 across Australia.
30.7% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Albury, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15.5% of the total, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. This proportion has remained steady since 2011, while couples without children account for 31.2% of families.
15.5% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Albury, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Albury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10001/albury/topic/family-households