| The households in Singleton |
| In 2001, Singleton had some 6,640 households (up 216 since
1996), of which a majority (78%) were family households, with about 54
households having more than one family. The average family household had 3.3
people. There were also 163 group households (of unrelated people), averaging
2.1 people each. Singleton's overall average household size, including its
1,270 single-person households, was 2.83 persons, much larger than NSW's
average of 2.65 persons. |
| Amongst Singleton's households, the most common sizes were two
people (31% of households) and four people (19%). Around 33% of Singleton's
households had four or more people, housing 54% of the community. By way of
comparison, 28% of NSW's households had four or more people, housing 48% of
the community. |
| The stability of a community is indicated by the proportion of
people who have remained for a reasonable period of time. In Singleton, 54%
of people aged over five were living in the same Council area as in 1996.
This residential stability was similar to NSW's (56% in 2001) and was similar
to Singleton's stability in 1996 (52%). Relative to NSW, Singleton's
residential stability increased between 1996 and 2001. |
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| Average size of households |
Sing'n |
families |
group |
all h'holds |
NSW |
families |
group |
all h'holds |
| 3.30 |
2.13 |
2.83 |
3.20 |
2.34 |
2.65 |
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| Number of people usually in households |
Households |
no. usual residents |
% of households |
% of people |
| families |
single/group |
total |
Sing'n |
NSW |
Sing'n |
NSW |
| one person |
- |
1,267 |
1,267 |
1,267 |
19% |
23% |
7% |
9% |
| two people |
1,936 |
141 |
2,077 |
4,154 |
31% |
33% |
22% |
25% |
| three people |
1,082 |
22 |
1,104 |
3,312 |
17% |
16% |
18% |
18% |
| four people |
1,274 |
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1,274 |
5,096 |
19% |
16% |
27% |
25% |
| five people |
675 |
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675 |
3,375 |
10% |
8% |
18% |
14% |
| six+ people |
248 |
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248 |
1,612 |
4% |
4% |
9% |
9% |
| total |
5,215 |
1,430 |
6,645 |
18,816 |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| The number of usual residents is calculated as [no. h'holds] X
[h'hold size], assuming 6.5 in six+ person households. Overseas visitors and
non-classified or visitor-only households are excluded; temporarily absent
partners included. |
Residential stability
(% staying in a place over time) |
Lived 1 year ago
in … |
Lived 5 years ago
in … |
Change
in 5-year stability, 1996–2001 |
| same
LGA |
diff. LGA |
same LGA |
diff. LGA |
same, 1996 |
diff, 1996 |
| Singleton |
15,301 |
3,939 |
9,688 |
8,244 |
9,201 |
8,440 |
1.9% higher |
| 80% |
20% |
54% |
46% |
52% |
48% |
| NSW |
82% |
18% |
56% |
44% |
57% |
43% |
1.1% lower |
| Overseas visitors and those too young to have remained 1 or 5
years are excluded; 'Change in stability' is 2001 rate minus 1996 rate. |
| Household
arrangements in Singleton |
| Most commonly, people live as a part of couple; 47% of people
lived this way in Singleton in 2001 (similar to NSW's 45%). About 11% of
couples were not married, similar to NSW's rate of 11%. As well, there were
686 lone parents, constituting 3.6% of the population (4.3% for NSW), with
four-fifths of them being women. |
| Living with these couples and single-parents were some 7,130
children and young people, most commonly a child under 15 years. They
represented 38% of the people compared with 36% of NSW. |
| The other people in Singleton lived either alone (1,270 people
or 6%) or in group households (342 or 1%). Among those living alone (a
proportion smaller than NSW), the number of women was less than the number of
men with 589 women and 678 men. Lone people constituted 6% of females and 7%
of males. Group households were less common than in NSW. |
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| Roles in households |
number in
Singleton |
% in Singleton |
% in NSW |
Sing'n's rel. size |
| males |
females |
persons |
males |
females |
persons |
| married
couple |
3,906 |
3,981 |
7,887 |
41% |
43% |
42% |
40% |
4%
larger |
| de facto couple |
496 |
492 |
988 |
5% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
1%
larger |
| lone parent |
138 |
548 |
686 |
1% |
6% |
4% |
4% |
16% smaller |
| child under 15 years |
2,473 |
2,348 |
4,821 |
26% |
25% |
25% |
21% |
22% larger |
| dependent student aged
15-24 |
421 |
419 |
840 |
4% |
4% |
4% |
5% |
10% smaller |
| non-dependent child |
733 |
396 |
1,129 |
8% |
4% |
6% |
7% |
12% smaller |
| with another family |
175 |
165 |
340 |
2% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
44% smaller |
| group household member |
208 |
134 |
342 |
2% |
1% |
2% |
3% |
45% smaller |
| lone person |
678 |
589 |
1,267 |
7% |
6% |
7% |
9% |
24% smaller |
| visitor (from within
Australia) |
363 |
274 |
637 |
4% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
16% larger |
| total |
9,591 |
9,346 |
18,937 |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
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| Bold italic percentages are notably higher than NSW's,
underlined italic percents are lower.
Overseas visitors excluded.
Male-female divergences are boxed and yellow. Note that the number of
male and females in couples can be slightly different due to one partner's
absence or to same-sex couples. The relative size (right column) was the
difference between the % in Singleton and the % in NSW, expressed as a
percentage of NSW. |
| Families in
Singleton |
| Altogether, 82% of Singleton's people lived in families, with
some 16,600 people in some 5,270 families of an average size of 3.1 people.
This was similar to NSW's average family size, 3.0 people. |
| Singleton had some 2,800 couples with children, with 62% having
all their children aged under 15. They constituted 54% of all families and
had 55% of Singleton's people. Another 32% of families were couples without
children, home to 17% of the population. In addition, there were 686
single-parent families (with 9% of the population) and 51 families of other
types. |
| Between 1996 and 2001, the average family size in Singleton
decreased by 6% while across NSW it decreased by 7%. The average size of
couple families with children decreased by 4% from 4.12 to 3.97 persons,
while the average size of single-parent families decreased by 2% from 2.78 to
2.72 persons. |
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Singleton 2001 |
NSW
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of Families |
no. of families |
% of families |
no. of people |
% of all people |
average size |
av size in NSW |
av size in 1996 |
change since '96 |
| couples + children u/-15 |
1,751 |
33% |
7,151 |
35% |
4.08 |
4.03 |
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| couple + children +
students |
344 |
7% |
1,644 |
8% |
4.78 |
4.87 |
n.a. |
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| couples + students |
277 |
5% |
1,005 |
5% |
3.63 |
3.75 |
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| couples + indep't
children |
454 |
9% |
1,428 |
7% |
3.15 |
3.24 |
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| all couples with children |
2,826 |
54% |
11,228 |
55% |
3.97 |
3.95 |
4.12 |
down 4% |
| one parent families |
686 |
13% |
1,867 |
9% |
2.72 |
2.66 |
2.78 |
down 2% |
| couples without children |
1,706 |
32% |
3,386 |
17% |
1.98 |
2.00 |
2.04 |
down 3% |
| other families |
51 |
1% |
110 |
1% |
2.16 |
2.13 |
2.39 |
down 10% |
| all families |
5,269 |
100% |
16,591 |
82% |
3.15 |
3.03 |
3.36 |
down 6% |
| Bold italic household sizes are notably higher than NSW's,
underlined italic ones are lower. Couples can be same-sex. People not in families and overseas
visitors are excluded. Students are aged 15+. Average family size in 1996 assumes 6.5 average for families of
6 or more people. |
| Marital status
in Singleton |
| Overall in Singleton, 56% of adults (aged 15+) were married in
2001, 9% were separated or divorced, 5% were widowed, and 29% had never been
married. By comparison with NSW, Singleton had a lot more married people (by
4.4 percentage points), fewer separated or divorced people (by 1.1 points),
fewer people widowed (by 1.5 points), and a lot fewer people who had never
married (by 1.8 points). |
| Only 29% of younger people (15–34 years old) were married in
2001. This was virtually the same as NSW's rate of 26%. This rate had
noticeably fallen from 37% in 1996, while the proportion of younger people
who had never married went from 59% to 66%. |
| Among older people aged 75+, the marital status of men and women
becomes quite divergent due to the earlier death of many men, leaving many
widows. In Singleton, 65% of these older women but 22% of the men were
widowed, while conversely 66% of the men but only 26% of the women were still
married. |
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| Marriage in Singleton, by age |
proportion of
Singleton adults |
proportion of NSW
adults |
| married |
separated / divorced |
widowed |
never married |
married |
separated / divorced |
widowed |
never married |
| 15–34 yrs |
29% |
4% |
0% |
66% |
26% |
4% |
0% |
70% |
| 35–54 yrs |
75% |
15% |
1% |
9% |
68% |
16% |
1% |
14% |
| 55–74 yrs |
74% |
10% |
11% |
5% |
69% |
14% |
11% |
6% |
| 75 + yrs |
41% |
4% |
49% |
6% |
42% |
5% |
47% |
6% |
| all adults |
56% |
9% |
5% |
29% |
52% |
11% |
6% |
31% |
| gender differences |
married M |
married F |
sep'd M |
sep'd F |
widow M |
widow F |
never M |
never F |
| 15–34 yrs |
24% |
36% |
4% |
5% |
0% |
0% |
72% |
59% |
| 35–54 yrs |
74% |
77% |
15% |
15% |
1% |
1% |
11% |
7% |
| 55–74 yrs |
79% |
68% |
10% |
10% |
5% |
18% |
6% |
4% |
| 75 + yrs |
66% |
26% |
5% |
3% |
22% |
65% |
7% |
6% |
| all adults |
55% |
57% |
9% |
9% |
2% |
8% |
34% |
25% |
| Marital rates which are notably higher than NSW's are shown bold
on light green; rates notably lower are shown bold on lighte orange.
Significant male-female discrepancies are boxed in yellow. Overseas visitors
are excluded. |
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