3.2 ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Appin · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Appin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 72.8% of families in Appin, making it a strong hub for family living. Homes here are notably larger than those in the rest of the country, with the typical household now holding 3.2 people. This trend toward larger homes has grown steadily since 2011.
3.2
▲ +18.5%
- 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 Appin — higher than 89% of areas.
| Appin | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2560, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Appin has among the highest number of people per home at 3.2, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.5. Meanwhile, those living alone make up only 12.2% of households, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
12.2% ▼ -38.3%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Appin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 10.7% of the local total, which is well below both the state and national figures. This is a significant drop from 2011, when this group made up 19% of families.
10.7% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Appin, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Appin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115003/appin/topic/family-households