Trundle · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Trundle

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small living arrangements define Trundle, where nearly 44% of people live alone. This creates a community with very few people per home compared to the rest of the state. The area has seen a notable shift toward smaller households over the last decade.

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📍 Trundle, Urban Centre

Where Trundle sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -20.8%
  • 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 Trundle — lower than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Trundle1.9
2875, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A typical home here has just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This small household size is driven by a high number of people living alone, a figure that rose nearly 10 percentage points since 2011 to reach 43.6%.

1.9 ▼ -20.8%

Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

43.6% ▲ +29.5%

Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 33.7%
  • 2016: 22.4%
  • 2021: 43.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Trundle splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 9%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 21.8% of the local total, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14%. This has increased slightly since 2011, while couples without children now form the largest family group at 41.3%.

21.8% ▲ +15.0%

Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 19.0%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 21.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Trundle, the largest group is Couples without children at 42%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (22%).

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 Trundle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122138/trundle/topic/family-households