2.0 ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2027, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2027, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 2027 than in other parts of the country. This is a small-household area where the typical home contains just two people, well below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a high number of single-person homes and couples without children.
2.0
▲ +5.3%
- 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 2027, NSW — lower than 90% of areas.
| 2027, NSW | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Woollahra | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 38% of people live alone here, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Because of this, the area has among the lowest numbers of people per home, with only 2.0 residents per household typically.
38.0% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2027, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 46.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
11.0% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2027, NSW, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 2027, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2027/2027-nsw/topic/family-households