2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Armidale · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Armidale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 35% of people in Armidale live on their own, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household is smaller than those found in most other parts of the state.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Armidale — lower than 57% of areas.
| Armidale | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2350, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Armidale holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This trend has moved down since 2011, with a notable rise in people living alone to 34.7%.
34.7% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Armidale splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a rise of 2 points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common group at 49.7%.
18.8% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Armidale, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112001/armidale/topic/family-households