2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Singleton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Singleton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Singleton than in most similar areas, with 2.5 people living in the typical house. This is a stable trend that has barely changed over the last decade. While family life is common, about 27% of homes are occupied by just one person.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Singleton — higher than 64% of areas.
| Singleton | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2330, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home size is 2.5 people, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure. Roughly 27% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
27.1% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Singleton, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58% of families here. One-parent families account for 16.5% of the total, which is a little above the state and national figures.
16.5% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Singleton, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 Singleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113014/singleton/topic/family-households