2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Menangle Park · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Menangle Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Menangle Park than in other similar areas. This creates a distinct local profile where the typical home is larger than the national figure, with a small number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Menangle Park — higher than 81% of areas.
| Menangle Park | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2563, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 2.8 people per dwelling, which is much higher than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 16.7% of people live alone, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 25%.
16.7% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Menangle Park, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents make up 23.3% of families, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant shift for the area, as the proportion of one-parent families rose by 15 percentage points since 2011.
23.3% ▲ +186.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Menangle Park, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Menangle Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122084/menangle-park/topic/family-households