2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2024, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2024, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living alone in postcode 2024 than they were in 2011. The area is now shaped by a high number of couples with children, who make up 63.2% of all families. This creates a stable residential profile where household sizes have remained steady for a decade.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 2024, NSW — lower than 57% of areas.
| 2024, NSW | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Waverley | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in each home, which is about the same as the national figure. While 27.7% of residents live alone—slightly above the New South Wales average—this figure has fallen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
27.7% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 2024, NSW, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 9.2% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average and has fallen since 2011. Most families here are couples, with 63.2% having children and 26.8% without.
9.2% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2024, NSW, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 2024, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2024/2024-nsw/topic/family-households