2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Sydney · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in North Sydney
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp drop in one-parent families since 2011 marks a shift in the domestic makeup of North Sydney. The area is now defined by smaller households and a high number of people living alone. This is reflected in the typical home, which holds just 2.3 people.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 North Sydney — lower than 86% of areas.
| North Sydney | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.1% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. These small numbers explain why North Sydney has much lower occupancy per home than most other areas.
30.1% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Sydney splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59% of families, while one-parent families account for only 9.5%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 14% and represents a 6.9 point fall since 2011.
9.5% ▼ -42.1%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Sydney, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 North Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED132/north-sydney/topic/family-households