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LEARN MORE ABOUT .id14% of Blacktown City Council's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households contain only one person, compared with 16% of the total population households in Blacktown City Council.
The size of households in general follows the life-cycle of families. Households are usually small at the stage of relationship formation (early marriage), and then increase in size with the advent of children. They later reduce in size again as these children reach adulthood and leave home.
Household size can also be influenced by a lack (or abundance) of affordable housing. First Nations persons often have a tradition of living with extended family members which significantly affects household size, and households can include multiple families.
Please note that this table counts First Nations households (households containing at least one Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander usual resident) by the number of persons resident. The number of persons resident can include both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as other people - it represents the total number of people in the household.
For greater insight, First Nations household size data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Type, Age Structure and Household Income .
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Derived from the three Census questions:
'Name of each person including visitors who spent the night of Tuesday, 10 August 2021 in this dwelling', and 'Where does the person usually live?', and 'Name of each person who usually lives in this dwelling but was away on Tuesday, 10 August 2021?'
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| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households - Blacktown City Council | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Number of persons usually resident | Number | % | Blacktown City - Total population % | Number | % | Blacktown City - Total population % | 2016 to 2021 |
| 1 person | 704 | 13.7 | 15.9 | 448 | 11.3 | 15.2 | +256 |
| 2 person | 1,336 | 26.0 | 24.8 | 958 | 24.1 | 24.4 | +378 |
| 3 person | 1,086 | 21.1 | 20.3 | 847 | 21.3 | 19.8 | +239 |
| 4 person | 911 | 17.7 | 22.7 | 756 | 19.0 | 22.3 | +155 |
| 5 person | 589 | 11.5 | 9.7 | 492 | 12.4 | 10.6 | +97 |
| 6 or more persons | 513 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 471 | 11.9 | 7.7 | +42 |
| Total households | 5,139 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,972 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,167 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons usually resident in a household in Blacktown City Council compared with the total population households in Blacktown City Council shows that there were a lower proportion of lone person households, and a similar proportion of larger households (those with 4 persons or more). Overall there were 14%% of lone person households, and 39.2% of larger households, compared with 16% and 38.9% respectively for the total population households in Blacktown City Council.
The major differences between household size for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households of Blacktown City and the total population households of Blacktown City Council were:
- A larger percentage of households with 6 or more persons usually resident (10.0% compared to 6.5%)
- A larger percentage of households with 5 person usually resident (11.5% compared to 9.7%)
- A smaller percentage of households with 4 person usually resident (17.7% compared to 22.7%)
- A smaller percentage of households with 1 person usually resident (13.7% compared to 15.9%)
Emerging groups
The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Blacktown City Council increased by 1,167 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the number of persons usually resident in a household in Blacktown City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- 2 person households (+378 households)
- 1 person households (+256 households)
- 3 person households (+239 households)
- 4 person households (+155 households)
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