2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Penrith · State Electorate
Family & Households in Penrith
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families are well above the national figure in Penrith, making up 17.8% of all families. This is a much higher proportion than in most other similar areas. While couples with children remain the most common family type, the local family structure has shifted significantly over the last decade.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Penrith — lower than 57% of areas.
| Penrith | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.8% of people in Penrith live alone, which is higher than most areas and has risen since 2011. The typical home holds 2.5 people, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
27.8% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Penrith splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average and has risen by 4.3 points since 2011. Couples with children are the largest group at 57%, followed by couples without children at 23.9%.
17.8% ▲ +32.2%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Penrith, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10066/penrith/topic/family-households