2.0 ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashford · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Ashford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Ashford than in most similar areas. The typical home here holds just two people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This shift towards smaller households has grown steadily since 2011.
2.0
▼ -20.0%
- 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 Ashford — lower than 86% of areas.
| Ashford | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2361, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 39.1% of people live alone, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen by 16 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size has dropped to 2.0 people.
39.1% ▲ +70.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ashford splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (40%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.1% of the area, which is far above the state average of 14%. This proportion has risen by 14 points since 2011, while couples without children are the most common family type at 38.6%.
25.1% ▲ +117.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ashford splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (36%), with One-parent families at 25%.
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 Ashford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122007/ashford/topic/family-households