2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Evans Head · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Evans Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Evans Head, where more than a third of residents live on their own. This makes the area stand out from most other places, as the typical home holds just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Evans Head — lower than 71% of areas.
| Evans Head | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2473, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over 34% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Because of this, the typical home is smaller than in most areas, with 40.8% of households containing only two people.
34.9% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Evans Head, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 42.3% of families, while couples without children follow closely at 40.4%. One-parent families account for 16.8%, which is a little above the New South Wales figure but down from 21.9% in 2011.
16.8% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Evans Head splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Evans Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115057/evans-head/topic/family-households