2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thrumster · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Thrumster
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 15% of people live alone in Thrumster, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where households are typically larger than in most other areas, with the number of people per home edging up to 2.8 since 2011.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Thrumster — higher than 81% of areas.
| Thrumster | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2444, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas. This larger household size is mirrored by the fact that one-person homes are far less common here than across Australia.
15.0% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Thrumster, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.7%. One-parent families account for 15.1% of the total, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales and national averages.
15.1% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thrumster, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Thrumster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115138/thrumster/topic/family-households