3.3 ▲ +50.0%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orchard Hills · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Orchard Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp shift in home life has occurred in Orchard Hills, where the typical number of people per house rose from 2.2 to 3.3 since 2011. It is now an area defined by large households, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.3
▲ +50.0%
- 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 Orchard Hills — higher than 90% of areas.
| Orchard Hills | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2748, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure, with 3.3 people per household. Only 2.3% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
2.3% ▼ -93.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Orchard Hills, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are couples with children, making up 71.1% of the area. One-parent families make up just 5.5%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
5.5% ▼ -69.9%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orchard Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 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 Orchard Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122104/orchard-hills/topic/family-households