2.9 ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buxton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Buxton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are much more common in Buxton than in most similar areas. The typical home here holds 2.9 people, which is more than the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a community where few people live alone and family groups are the norm.
2.9
▲ +16.0%
- 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 Buxton — higher than 86% of areas.
| Buxton | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2571, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.2% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen since 2011. This helps explain why Buxton's typical household size has grown to 2.9 people, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
15.2% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buxton, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.5%. One-parent families account for 15.3% of the total, which is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buxton, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115034/buxton/topic/family-households