2.9 ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Otford · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Otford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 77% of families in Otford (L) are couples with children, making it an area where family life is the dominant story. This focus on larger households is reflected in the typical home, which now holds almost three people.
2.9
▲ +26.1%
- 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 Otford — higher than 86% of areas.
| Otford | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2508, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Otford (L) are more crowded than in most other areas, with a typical size of 2.9 people, up from 2.3 in 2011. This is a little above the national figure, while the share of people living alone has fallen to 17.6%, well below the Australian average.
17.6% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Otford splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 3.4% of the local total, a figure that is far below the national average and among the lowest across similar areas. This is a significant drop from 2011, when they accounted for 13.5% of families.
3.4% ▼ -75.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Otford, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Otford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122105/otford/topic/family-households