2.4 ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Frederickton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Frederickton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Frederickton than in most similar areas. This is a place where family structures shift, and the number of people living in each home has risen to 2.4 since 2011.
2.4
▲ +14.3%
- 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 Frederickton — higher than 57% of areas.
| Frederickton | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 29.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. However, this is down from 36.9% in 2011, contributing to the increase in typical household size.
29.3% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Frederickton, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.7% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. This proportion has risen by 6.3 percentage points since 2011.
24.7% ▲ +34.3%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Frederickton, the largest group is Couples with children at 40%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Frederickton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115061/frederickton/topic/family-households