2.4 ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leeton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Leeton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Leeton compared to the rest of New South Wales. While the typical home holds 2.4 people, there is a striking mix of single-person households and families with children. This creates a diverse living landscape where nearly a third of all homes are occupied by just one person.
2.4
▲ +14.3%
- 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 Leeton — higher than 57% of areas.
| Leeton | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2705, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.7% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. The typical home now holds 2.4 people, which is higher than most similar areas, and the most common household size is two people (33.1%).
31.7% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Leeton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.2% of the community, which is well above the national figure and has risen by 6.0 points since 2011. Over half of all families are couples with children, while 28.5% are couples without children.
18.2% ▲ +48.6%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Leeton, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Leeton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114016/leeton/topic/family-households