3.4 —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Schofields (West) - Colebee · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large family homes define daily life in Schofields (West) - Colebee, where a typical household holds 3.4 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, making it one of the most crowded residential areas of its type in the region.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Schofields (West) - Colebee — higher than 99% of areas.
| Schofields (West) - Colebee | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2762, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 6.5%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Instead, homes are large, with 29.2% of households containing four people and another 18.7% holding five or more.
3.4 —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6.5% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Schofields (West) - Colebee splits fairly evenly between 4 people (29%) and 3 people (25%), with 2 people at 20%.
Family types and one-parent families.
The area is overwhelmingly made up of parents and children, with 78.4% of families being couples with kids. Only 7.4% are one-parent families, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
7.4% —
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Schofields (West) - Colebee, Couples with children is the majority at 78%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Schofields (West) - Colebee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116021631/schofields-colebee/topic/family-households