2.2 ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nelligen · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Nelligen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Nelligen are couples without children. This small community has seen a shift towards smaller living arrangements, with the typical number of people per home falling to 2.2 since 2011.
2.2
▼ -18.5%
- 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 Nelligen — lower than 64% of areas.
| Nelligen | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2536, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here at 46%. More people are living alone than a decade ago, with this group rising 8.3 points to 27%, which is a little above the national figure.
27.0% ▲ +44.5%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nelligen, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 35.8% of families. The proportion of one-parent families has fallen 11 points since 2011 to 12.5%, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales average.
12.5% ▼ -45.8%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nelligen, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Nelligen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122096/nelligen/topic/family-households