2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Currarong · Urban Centre
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live in each home in Currarong than in the rest of the state. This small area is mostly made up of small households, with a typical home holding just 2.0 people.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Currarong — lower than 86% of areas.
| Currarong | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 31.8% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why typical home sizes are much lower than most areas, though this trend has barely changed since 2011.
2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.8% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Currarong, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families here are couples without children, making up 53.2% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.2%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
12.2% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Currarong, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Currarong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122046/currarong/topic/family-households