2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Strathfield · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Strathfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Strathfield than in most other areas, with only 20.5% of households consisting of one person. This reflects a strong presence of larger family units, making it a place where homes are generally more crowded than in other similar regions.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Strathfield — higher than 86% of areas.
| Strathfield | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.7 people, which is much higher than most areas. While 30.6% of households have two people, about 20.3% have three and 17.5% have four.
20.5% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Strathfield, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.7%. Only 10.4% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
10.4% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Strathfield, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Strathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17100/strathfield/topic/family-households