2.0 ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nambucca Heads · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Nambucca Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living has surged in Nambucca Heads, with the proportion of people living alone rising by 14 percentage points since 2011. This shift has left the area with a much lower number of people per home than most other areas. It is now a place where small households and single-parent families are notably common.
2.0
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Nambucca Heads — lower than 86% of areas.
| Nambucca Heads | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2448, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 42.4% of residents live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. This explains why the typical home in Nambucca Heads holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
42.4% ▲ +48.6%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nambucca Heads, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.5% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has risen 5.8 percentage points since 2011, while couples without children are the most common family type at 39%.
23.5% ▲ +32.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Nambucca Heads splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (36%), with One-parent families at 23%.
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 Nambucca Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114022/nambucca-heads/topic/family-households