2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oxley · State Electorate
Family & Households in Oxley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Oxley than in the typical Australian home, with nearly 30% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011 and contributes to a smaller typical household size than the state average.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Oxley — lower than 86% of areas.
| Oxley | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home in Oxley holds 2.3 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is partly because 29.4% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.
29.4% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oxley, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the area, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14%. This represents a rise of 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
19.6% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oxley, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10064/oxley/topic/family-households