2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sutherland Shire · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Sutherland Shire
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 64% of families in Sutherland Shire, which is the most common household type. This area has much larger households than most similar places, with a small proportion of people living on their own.
2.7
→ 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 Sutherland Shire — higher than 86% of areas.
| Sutherland Shire | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.7 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. Far fewer people live alone here compared to most other areas, with only 22.2% of households being single-person homes.
22.2% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sutherland Shire, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.7% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has remained steady over the last decade.
10.7% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sutherland Shire, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Sutherland Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17150/sutherland-shire/topic/family-households