2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
2085, NSW · Postcode
Family & Households in 2085, NSW
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are the norm in postcode 2085, where an average of 2.9 people live in each home. This is a family-focused area with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
→ 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 2085, NSW — higher than 89% of areas.
| 2085, NSW | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Northern Beaches | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.3% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes here are larger than usual, with 28.9% housing two people and 24.6% housing four.
17.3% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →2085, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (25%), with 1 person at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are couples with children, making up 69.3% of families. Single-parent families are much less common here at 8.8%, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
8.8% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 2085, NSW, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 2085, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2085/2085-nsw/topic/family-households