2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shellharbour - Oak Flats · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Shellharbour - Oak Flats
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the population in Shellharbour - Oak Flats, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community with a high proportion of single-parent households compared to most other areas. While family structures vary, the typical home here houses between two and three people.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Shellharbour - Oak Flats — lower than 57% of areas.
| Shellharbour - Oak Flats | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2529, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 24.1% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011. Most homes contain two people (36.7%), and the overall average of 2.5 people per home is about the same as the national figure.
24.1% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shellharbour - Oak Flats, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, sitting well above the New South Wales average. Over half of all families (52.3%) are couples with children, while couples without children make up 28.9%.
17.4% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shellharbour - Oak Flats, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Shellharbour - Oak Flats [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107031142/shellharbour-oak-flats/topic/family-households