2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nyngan · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Nyngan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Nyngan consist of couples with children. While family life is common, there has been a notable rise in people living by themselves, with 33.9% of households now consisting of just one person.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Nyngan — lower than 57% of areas.
| Nyngan | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2825, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More people live alone here than in most similar areas, a figure that has risen by 6.7 percentage points since 2011. This trend contributes to the typical home having 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
33.9% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Nyngan splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.1% of the local total, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This represents a fall of 5.7 percentage points since the 2011 census.
16.1% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nyngan, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115113/nyngan/topic/family-households