2.3 ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Inverell · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Inverell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Inverell, accounting for 43.9% of families. The area has seen a significant shift toward smaller living arrangements, with a much higher proportion of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.3
▼ -20.7%
- 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 Inverell — lower than 57% of areas.
| Inverell | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2360, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Inverell holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure. This trend is driven by a sharp rise in single-person households, which grew 22 percentage points since 2011 to reach 34.5%.
34.5% ▲ +176.4%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Inverell splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.9% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average. This proportion has risen 13 percentage points since 2011, making it much higher than most similar areas.
24.9% ▲ +117.4%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Inverell, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (25%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Inverell
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Inverell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114015/inverell/topic/family-households