2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Redhead · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Redhead
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 32% of people in Redhead live alone, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person households, even as the typical number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Redhead — lower than 64% of areas.
| Redhead | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2290, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Redhead holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, 32.6% of residents live by themselves, a proportion that is much higher than most areas and has risen since 2011.
32.6% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Redhead splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (29%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with both parents and children make up 64.2% of the area. Single-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, accounting for just 9.5% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure.
9.5% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Redhead, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Redhead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111011211/redhead/topic/family-households