2.7 ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Falls Creek · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Falls Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Falls Creek (L), where the typical home now holds 2.7 people. This reflects a shift toward bigger living arrangements compared to a decade ago, with a notable drop in people living on their own.
2.7
▲ +22.7%
- 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 Falls Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
| Falls Creek | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home has risen to 2.7 since 2011, which is much higher than most similar areas. This trend is mirrored by a drop in one-person households, which fell 9.1 percentage points to 23.7% over the last ten years.
23.7% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Falls Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.9% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.3% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the national average but down 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
14.3% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Falls Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Falls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122057/falls-creek/topic/family-households