2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barwon · State Electorate
Family & Households in Barwon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Barwon, where about a third of all homes are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out as a place where people are far more likely to live alone than in most other parts of Australia.
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 Barwon — lower than 86% of areas.
| Barwon | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Barwon has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 33.3% of residents live alone—a rate well above the New South Wales average of 25.0% and one that has risen since 2011.
33.3% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Barwon splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.1% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion is much higher than in most similar areas and has risen slightly over the last decade.
19.1% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barwon, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Barwon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10006/barwon/topic/family-households