2.6 ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thirlmere · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Thirlmere
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Thirlmere than they were a decade ago, with that figure rising by 9.7 percentage points since 2011. Despite this shift, the area remains dominated by family homes, and the typical household is larger than in most similar areas.
2.6
▼ -13.3%
- 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 Thirlmere — higher than 71% of areas.
| Thirlmere | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2572, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual household size is 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and has fallen from 3.0 in 2011. While 23.6% of people now live alone, this is still a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
23.6% ▲ +69.7%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Thirlmere, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 55%, while one-parent families account for 15.5%. This last figure is a little above the New South Wales average of 14.0% and has risen slightly since 2011.
15.5% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thirlmere, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Thirlmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115137/thirlmere/topic/family-households