Urunga · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Urunga

How families and households are made up across the area.

Urunga has a much higher proportion of one-parent families than most similar areas. This trend is mirrored in the housing data, where the number of people living alone has jumped to 34.8%. These shifts have left the town with smaller households than the national average.

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📍 Urunga, Urban Centre

Where Urunga sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -8.7%
  • 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 Urunga — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Urunga2.1
2455, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Urunga holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This decline is partly because people living alone rose to 34.8%, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.1 ▼ -8.7%

Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.8% ▲ +30.7%

Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 26.6%
  • 2016: 28.8%
  • 2021: 34.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Urunga, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 22.3% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% national average. This figure has risen by 9.5 percentage points since 2011, while couples without children remain the most common family type at 41.4%.

22.3% ▲ +74.1%

Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 12.8%
  • 2016: 40.0%
  • 2021: 22.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Urunga, the largest group is Couples without children at 41%, followed by Couples with children (35%) and One-parent families (22%).

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 Urunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115144/urunga/topic/family-households