2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ganmain · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Ganmain
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people live alone in Ganmain, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person households helps explain why the typical home is smaller than those in the rest of the state.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Ganmain — lower than 57% of areas.
| Ganmain | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2702, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. Since 2011, the number of people per home has fallen, with 42.3% of households now consisting of two people.
31.9% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ganmain, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.0% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. This has risen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children account for 43.3% of families.
18.0% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ganmain, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Ganmain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121041/ganmain/topic/family-households