3.0 ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Abernethy · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Abernethy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Abernethy (L), where the typical home now holds 3.0 people. This shift towards larger living groups is mirrored by a sharp drop in people living alone, which has fallen to just 13.6% since 2011.
3.0
▲ +42.9%
- 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 Abernethy — higher than 87% of areas.
| Abernethy | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2325, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than the national figure of 2.5 people, with 3.0 residents per household. This trend is highlighted by the fact that people living alone are far below the New South Wales average of 25%.
13.6% ▼ -62.4%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Abernethy splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 63.4%. One-parent families account for 14.8% of the total, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
14.8% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Abernethy, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Abernethy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122001/abernethy/topic/family-households