2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Armidale · Urban Area
Family & Households in Armidale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Armidale than in the rest of the country. This shift towards smaller households is a key feature of the area, where the typical home now holds just 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Armidale — lower than 86% of areas.
| Armidale | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2350, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.8% of people live alone, a figure well above the national 25.6% and one that has risen since 2011. Because of this, homes are smaller than most areas, with 34.8% holding two people and 32.8% holding just one.
32.8% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Armidale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the community, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. Other family types are common too, with 50.8% of families being couples with children.
17.4% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 59% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Armidale, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Armidale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1002/armidale/topic/family-households