2.7 ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bangalow · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bangalow
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Bangalow than in most other similar areas. This shift is part of a broader trend where homes have grown larger, with the typical number of people per house climbing from 2.3 in 2011 to 2.7 today.
2.7
▲ +17.4%
- 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 Bangalow — higher than 76% of areas.
| Bangalow | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2479, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.9% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are shared, with 30.6% housing two people and 21.5% housing three.
18.9% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bangalow, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.7%, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales average and has fallen since 2011.
12.7% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bangalow, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next 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 Bangalow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115006/bangalow/topic/family-households