1.8 ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nimbin · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Nimbin
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all households in Nimbin are occupied by just one person. This shift is stark, with the number of people living alone jumping 36 percentage points since 2011 to reach 55.8%. It creates a local landscape where small households are the norm and the typical home holds far fewer people than the national average.
1.8
▼ -28.0%
- 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 Nimbin — lower than 99% of areas.
| Nimbin | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 1.8 people live in each home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects the high proportion of single-person households, which now make up 55.8% of the area.
55.8% ▲ +186.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nimbin, 1 person is the majority at 55%; 2 people is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 48% of the total, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 14%. This has risen sharply from just 11% in 2011.
48.0% ▲ +334.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nimbin, the largest group is One-parent families at 49%, followed by Couples with children (28%) and Couples without children (20%).
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 Nimbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122098/nimbin/topic/family-households