2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Red Head · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Red Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp drop in one-parent families to just 9.6% defines the changing face of households in Red Head. The area has shifted toward more traditional family units and couples over the last decade. Most homes now house two or more people, reflecting a move away from solitary living.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Red Head — lower than 57% of areas.
| Red Head | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2430, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here at 48.3%, while those living alone fell 15 points since 2011 to 23.7%. With 2.3 people per home, Red Head is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
23.7% ▼ -38.3%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Red Head, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 45.9%, followed closely by those with children at 43.4%. The share of one-parent families is now much lower than most areas, sitting well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
9.6% ▼ -71.2%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Red Head splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Red Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121096/red-head/topic/family-households