2.3 ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Minnie Water · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Minnie Water
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp rise in solo living has shifted the home life of Minnie Water (L) since 2011. Nearly 30% of residents now live alone, a figure that has climbed 17 percentage points over a decade. This shift has brought the typical number of people per home down to 2.3.
2.3
▼ -17.9%
- 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 Minnie Water — lower than 57% of areas.
| Minnie Water | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2462, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 45.9% of all households.
29.7% ▲ +134.3%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Minnie Water, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 46.4%, while one-parent families make up 10.9%. This last group is much lower than most areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
10.9% ▲ +70.9%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Minnie Water splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Minnie Water [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122087/minnie-water/topic/family-households