1.8 ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Patonga · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Patonga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home than most similar areas defines Patonga (L), where the typical household is very small. This small scale is driven by a high number of people living alone and a strong presence of couples without children.
1.8
▼ -21.7%
- 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 Patonga — lower than 99% of areas.
| Patonga | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2256, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 1.8 people live in the typical home, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is partly because 39.6% of residents live alone—a rate far above the national figure and 5.2 percentage points higher than in 2011.
39.6% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Patonga, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 38%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the vast majority of families here at 70.6%. One-parent families account for 12.6% of the total, which is a little below the national figure.
12.6% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Patonga, Couples without children is the majority at 71%; Couples with children is next at 13%.
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 Patonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122108/patonga/topic/family-households