Nundle · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Nundle

How families and households are made up across the area.

Forty-three per cent of homes in Nundle (L) are occupied by just one person, the largest household category in the area. This trend has grown since 2011, making the town's typical home much smaller than those found across New South Wales or the rest of the country.

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📍 Nundle, Urban Centre

Where Nundle sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -13.6%
  • 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 Nundle — lower than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Nundle1.9
2340, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The usual home in Nundle (L) has only 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This small household size is driven by the high number of people living alone, which rose to 43% in 2021.

1.9 ▼ -13.6%

Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

43.0% ▲ +18.4%

Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 36.3%
  • 2016: 47.0%
  • 2021: 43.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Nundle, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 22.9% of the community, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average. This is a growing trend for the area, up 4.1 percentage points since 2011.

22.9% ▲ +21.6%

Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 18.9%
  • 2016: 25.7%
  • 2021: 22.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Nundle splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (36%) and Couples with children (36%), with One-parent families at 24%.

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 Nundle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122102/nundle/topic/family-households