2.1 ▼ -51.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Urana · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Urana
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp shift in living patterns has seen Urana (L) move toward much smaller households since 2011. The typical home now holds just 2.1 people, and there has been a significant rise in the number of people living on their own.
2.1
▼ -51.2%
- 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 Urana — lower than 71% of areas.
| Urana | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2645, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households have surged to 37.4%, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This explains why the typical home size has dropped from 4.3 people in 2011 to 2.1 today, falling a little below the NSW average of 2.6.
37.4% ▲ +498.1%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Urana, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.0% of the area, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This represents a 16 point drop since 2011, while couples without children now form the largest group at 43.1%.
18.0% ▼ -46.6%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Urana splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Urana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122146/urana/topic/family-households