2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Medowie · Urban Area
Family & Households in Medowie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Medowie, where an average of 2.8 people live in each home. This shift toward bigger living groups is reflected in the low number of people living alone, making it a place dominated by family life.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 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 Medowie — higher than 99% of areas.
| Medowie | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2318, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.9% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size here is higher than most areas, with 35.5% of households consisting of two people.
18.9% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Medowie, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.7% of the family landscape, while one-parent families are much lower than in most areas at 13.8%. This share of single-parent homes has fallen slightly since 2011.
13.8% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Medowie, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Medowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1020/medowie/topic/family-households