1.8 → 0.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Surry Hills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Surry Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all homes in Surry Hills are occupied by just one person. This makes it one of the most solitary living environments in the region, with very small households and a low number of children compared to the rest of the country.
1.8
→ 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 Surry Hills — lower than 99% of areas.
| Surry Hills | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2010, NSW | 1.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small living arrangements are the norm here, with only 1.8 people per home—well below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by the 46.8% of residents who live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits far above the New South Wales average.
46.8% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Surry Hills, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life in the area is dominated by couples without children, who make up 62.4% of families. Only 7.5% of families are single-parent households, which is well below both the state and national figures.
7.5% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Surry Hills, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 28%.
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 Surry Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117031336/surry-hills/topic/family-households