1.7 ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2061, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2061, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small home sizes define daily life in postcode 2061, where nearly half of all households consist of just one person. This area is much more likely to have single-person homes than the rest of the country, with a typical home holding only 1.7 people.
1.7
▼ -5.6%
- 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 2061, NSW — lower than 99% of areas.
| 2061, NSW | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| North Sydney | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 46.4% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has risen since 2011, and it helps explain why the usual number of people per home is well below the New South Wales average of 2.6.
46.4% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 2061, NSW, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (40%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 58.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 9.2% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.2% ▲ +33.6%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2061, NSW, Couples without children is the majority at 59%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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 2061, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2061/2061-nsw/topic/family-households