2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Petersham - Stanmore · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Petersham - Stanmore
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Petersham - Stanmore are couples with children. This reflects a mix of household types, though it is an area where people are far more likely to live alone than in other parts of the country.
2.2
→ 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 Petersham - Stanmore — lower than 86% of areas.
| Petersham - Stanmore | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2048, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, with 32.9% of people living alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in the area holds only 2.2 people, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.
32.9% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Petersham - Stanmore splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.4% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. This proportion has also fallen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
10.4% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Petersham - Stanmore, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Petersham - Stanmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117021327/petersham-stanmore/topic/family-households