2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blacktown · State Electorate
Family & Households in Blacktown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home has been the trend in Blacktown since 2011, though the area remains crowded. Most residents live in family households, and the typical home here is larger than the national figure.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Blacktown — higher than 86% of areas.
| Blacktown | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.9 people live in each home, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is much higher than the national figure, and it helps explain why only 19.6% of people here live alone.
19.6% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blacktown, the largest group is 2 people at 27%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 63.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 15.6%, a figure that is a little above the state and national averages but has fallen since 2011.
15.6% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blacktown, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 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 Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10010/blacktown/topic/family-households