2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hawkesbury · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Hawkesbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more households in Hawkesbury are larger than in most other areas. The region is dominated by families, with about 61% of them consisting of couples with children. This focus on family life means fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Hawkesbury — higher than 87% of areas.
| Hawkesbury | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. Only 21.8% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.8% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hawkesbury, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.4%, while couples without children account for 24.5%. One-parent families make up 13.4% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.4% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hawkesbury, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Hawkesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13800/hawkesbury/topic/family-households