Bundanoon · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Bundanoon

How families and households are made up across the area.

Smaller household sizes define daily life in Bundanoon, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a high proportion of two-person households and people living alone.

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📍 Bundanoon, Urban Centre

Where Bundanoon sits — Average household size

2.1 ▲ +5.0%
  • 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 Bundanoon — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bundanoon2.1
2578, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 31.2% of residents live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. While this is around the middle for similar areas, it has fallen 10 percentage points since 2011.

2.1 ▲ +5.0%

Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.2% ▼ -24.8%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 41.5%
  • 2016: 12.2%
  • 2021: 31.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bundanoon, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (9%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Nearly half of families here are couples without children, at 49.2%. One-parent families make up 12.4% of the total, a figure that is a little below the Australian average and has fallen 15 percentage points since 2011.

12.4% ▼ -54.8%

Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 27.5%
  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 12.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bundanoon, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).

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 Bundanoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115031/bundanoon/topic/family-households