2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orange · State Electorate
Family & Households in Orange
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone has shifted the household landscape in Orange since 2011. While the typical home still houses 2.5 people, there has been a notable rise in single-person households and one-parent families over the last decade.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Orange — lower than 57% of areas.
| Orange | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households rose to 28.8% by 2021, a figure well above the national level of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 34.4%, and the typical household size has edged down slightly from 2.7 people in 2011.
28.8% ▲ +31.7%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Orange, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 55.2%, while one-parent families account for 15.8%. This last group is a little above the national average and has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
15.8% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orange, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10063/orange/topic/family-households