2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orange · Urban Area
Family & Households in Orange
How families and households are made up across the area.
Households in Orange have grown larger on average since 2011, with the typical home now holding 2.5 people. This reflects a shifting domestic landscape in the city, though a high number of residents still live by themselves. Most families here consist of couples with children, making up 56.1% of the family mix.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Orange — higher than 71% of areas.
| Orange | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2800, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Orange now holds 2.5 people, a figure that has moved up since 2011. While this is about the same as the national figure, 29.2% of residents live alone, which is well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
29.2% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Orange splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 56.1%, followed by couples without children at 26%. One-parent families make up 16.8% of the total, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and sits a little above the national average.
16.8% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 53% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orange, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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/sua/1027/orange/topic/family-households