2.2 ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Menangle · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Menangle
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower numbers of people live in each home in Menangle compared to most similar areas. The typical household here is small, and there has been a sharp rise in the number of people living alone over the last decade.
2.2
▼ -29.0%
- 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 Menangle — lower than 64% of areas.
| Menangle | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2568, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.2% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This has contributed to a decline in household size, with the typical home now holding 2.2 people, down from 3.1 in 2011.
32.2% ▲ +176.6%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Menangle, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 4.5% of the total, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%. Most families here are couples, with 48.9% having no children and 46.6% having children.
4.5% ▼ -67.8%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Menangle splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (49%) and Couples with children (47%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 Menangle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121075/menangle/topic/family-households