Moss Vale · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Moss Vale

How families and households are made up across the area.

A drop in the number of single-parent families has been the main shift in Moss Vale since 2011. Most people here live in couples with children, while the typical household size has remained steady at 2.4 people over the last decade.

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📍 Moss Vale, Urban Centre

Where Moss Vale sits — Average household size

2.4 → 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 Moss Vale — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Moss Vale2.4
2577, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 29.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Two-person households are the most common, making up 34.7% of the area.

2.4 → 0.0%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

29.3% ▼ -2.1%

Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 29.9%
  • 2016: 31.9%
  • 2021: 29.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Moss Vale, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up over half of all families at 53.5%. Single-parent families now account for 15.1% of the total, a figure that fell 7.1 percentage points since 2011.

15.1% ▼ -32.2%

Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 22.2%
  • 2016: 26.5%
  • 2021: 15.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Moss Vale, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Moss Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114020/moss-vale/topic/family-households