2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Entrance · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in The Entrance
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in The Entrance since 2011, contributing to a shift in how the area is settled. This trend is reflected in a lower-than-usual number of people per home, with 37.9% of residents now living by themselves.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is The Entrance — lower than 89% of areas.
| The Entrance | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2261, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 37.9% of households are single-person homes, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many people live alone, the typical home in The Entrance holds only 2.1 people, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.
37.9% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →The Entrance splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.8% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales average of 14.0%. While this remains high, the proportion of single-parent families has fallen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
21.8% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Entrance, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (22%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for The Entrance
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in The Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102021053/the-entrance/topic/family-households