Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Family & Households in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over half of all families in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila are couples with children. This makes it a family-heavy area where the typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar places. While household sizes have stayed steady since 2016, there is a notably high proportion of single-parent families here.

Open map →
📍 Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila2.6
2506, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 26% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2016. Most homes are small, with 32.4% containing two people and 26% containing just one.

2.6

Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.0%

Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 24.8%
  • 2021: 26.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

View on map →

In Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 21.6% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has remained unchanged since the 2016 census.

21.6%

Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 21.6%
  • 2021: 21.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

View on map →

In Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 23%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107011545/berkeley-lake-heights-cringila/topic/family-households