2.8 ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Estella · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Estella
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Estella than in the rest of Australia. This is a place where homes are mostly filled by families, with the typical household now holding 2.8 people.
2.8
▲ +27.3%
- 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 Estella — higher than 81% of areas.
| Estella | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2678, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people per home has risen since 2011 to reach 2.8, which is much higher than most areas. This shift is seen in the drop of people living alone, who now make up only 18% of households—well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.0% ▼ -48.9%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Estella, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 68.6%. One-parent families account for just 8.6%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14% and has fallen 14 points since 2011.
8.6% ▼ -61.1%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Estella, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Estella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114009/estella/topic/family-households