1.7 → 0.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darlinghurst · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Darlinghurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Darlinghurst are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct living pattern where small households dominate the landscape. The area is largely made up of single occupants and couples without children.
1.7
→ 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 Darlinghurst — lower than 99% of areas.
| Darlinghurst | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2010, NSW | 1.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 51.7% of people living alone, this is one of the most common patterns in the area, and the number of single-person homes has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home has only 1.7 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
51.7% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Darlinghurst, 1 person is the majority at 52%; 2 people is next at 35%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 64.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 7.8% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.8% ▲ +36.2%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darlinghurst, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next at 26%.
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 Darlinghurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117031329/darlinghurst/topic/family-households