Urbenville · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Urbenville

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Urbenville than in the rest of the country, with 45.3% of households consisting of just one person. This has left the area with a very low typical household size of 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure.

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📍 Urbenville, Urban Centre

Where Urbenville sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -5.0%
  • 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 Urbenville — lower than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Urbenville1.9
2475, NSW 2.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Nearly half of all homes are occupied by a single person, a figure that rose 5.7 points since 2011. This helps explain why the average household size is much lower than in New South Wales.

1.9 ▼ -5.0%

Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

45.3% ▲ +14.3%

Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 39.6%
  • 2016: 43.7%
  • 2021: 45.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Urbenville, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 5 people (8%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 18.9% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 3.2 points since 2011.

18.9% ▲ +20.5%

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 15.7%
  • 2016: 21.2%
  • 2021: 18.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Urbenville splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (38%), with One-parent families at 20%.

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 Urbenville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122147/urbenville/topic/family-households