2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southern Highlands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Southern Highlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Typical household patterns in the Southern Highlands sit around the middle of the pack compared to similar areas. The region is mostly made up of small families and couples, with a notably low proportion of single-parent homes.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Southern Highlands — lower than 64% of areas.
| Southern Highlands | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2575, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in each home, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures. This has barely changed since 2011, and a quarter of all households are people living alone.
25.0% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Southern Highlands, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 10.2% of the area, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. This figure has fallen slightly since 2011, while couples with children make up the largest group at 48.5%.
10.2% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Southern Highlands, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Southern Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/114021289/southern-highlands/topic/family-households