2.1 ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Medlow Bath · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Medlow Bath
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person homes defines the daily life of Medlow Bath, where 35.5% of households are occupied by one person. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a shift toward smaller living arrangements in the area. The typical home now holds just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -22.2%
- 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 Medlow Bath — lower than 71% of areas.
| Medlow Bath | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2780, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone has become much more common here, rising 11 points since 2011. This trend helps explain why the typical home size has fallen to 2.1 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
35.5% ▲ +46.2%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Medlow Bath splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of the families in the area are couples without children, making up 45.5% of the total. One-parent families account for 15.6% of households, which is a little above the Australian average and has barely changed since 2011.
15.6% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Medlow Bath, the largest group is Couples without children at 45%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Medlow Bath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121074/medlow-bath/topic/family-households