2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harrington · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Harrington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well below the national average of 2.5, Harrington has just 2.0 people per home. This makes it a place where small households are the norm, with more than half of all homes containing only two people.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Harrington — lower than 86% of areas.
| Harrington | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2427, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, as 30% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This is a drop from 2011, when 35% of residents lived by themselves.
30.0% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Harrington, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 30%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples without children, making up 60.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.1%, a figure that is a little below the Australian average and has fallen since 2011.
13.1% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harrington, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 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 Harrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115077/harrington/topic/family-households