3.2 ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pitt Town · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Pitt Town
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 72.5% of families in Pitt Town, making it a strong stronghold for larger family groups. The area is far less likely to have people living alone than other parts of the country, with home sizes growing over the last decade.
3.2
▲ +18.5%
- 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 Pitt Town — higher than 89% of areas.
| Pitt Town | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2756, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.2 people per household, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.5. Only 10.2% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
10.2% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Pitt Town splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, making up only 7.7% of the total. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 14% and represents a drop of 11 points since 2011.
7.7% ▼ -58.7%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pitt Town, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Pitt Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115120/pitt-town/topic/family-households