2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Picton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Picton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone is the most notable change in Picton, where that figure rose by 5.2 percentage points since 2011. Most homes here are family-based, with 60.7% of families consisting of couples with children. This creates a strong domestic profile for the area.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Picton — higher than 76% of areas.
| Picton | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2571, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Picton hold 2.7 people, which is much higher than most areas. While 23.7% of residents live alone—a little below the national figure—this is a rise from 18.5% in 2011.
23.7% ▲ +28.3%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Picton, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.7%. One-parent families account for 13.8% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.8% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Picton, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without 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 Picton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115119/picton/topic/family-households