3.0 ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nilma · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Nilma
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become the norm in Nilma since 2011, with the typical number of people per home climbing to 3.0. This shift is reflected in a community where nearly three-quarters of families are couples raising children together.
3.0
▲ +30.4%
- 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 Nilma — higher than 87% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Nilma are more crowded than in most areas, with the typical number of people per home rising from 2.3 in 2011 to 3.0. Fewer people are living alone compared to the national figure, and this trend has fallen by 4.3 percentage points over the last decade.
23.8% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Nilma splits fairly evenly between 1 person (25%) and 2 people (24%), with 4 people at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 73.2% of families here. One-parent families account for just 5.6%, which is well below the national figure and among the lowest for similar areas.
5.6% ▼ -42.3%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nilma, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next 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 Nilma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222064/nilma/topic/family-households