2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blue Mountains · State Electorate
Family & Households in Blue Mountains
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of all homes in the Blue Mountains are occupied by people living alone. This a high figure compared to most areas, contributing to a typical household size of 2.4 people. While family life remains central, the area has seen a slight shift toward smaller living arrangements over the last decade.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Blue Mountains — lower than 71% of areas.
| Blue Mountains | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.3% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure and a slight increase since 2011. This helps explain why the 2.4 people per home is lower than in most other areas.
27.3% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blue Mountains, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.8% of families, while those without children account for 30.3%. One-parent families represent 13.2% of the total, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the state average.
13.2% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blue Mountains, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10011/blue-mountains/topic/family-households