3.1 ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greenway · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Greenway
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living under one roof in Greenway than a decade ago, with the typical home now housing 3.1 people. This shift marks a move toward much larger households, especially as the number of people living alone has fallen sharply since 2011.
3.1
▲ +29.2%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Greenway — higher than 99% of areas.
| Greenway | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, household sizes are among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.5. This trend is reflected in the fact that only 15.3% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.3% ▼ -45.6%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Greenway splits fairly evenly between 4 people (25%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 71.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.1%, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.1% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Greenway, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Greenway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED118/greenway/topic/family-households