1.9 —
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Redfern · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Redfern
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-two per cent of people in Redfern live alone, which is far above the national figure. This means the area has a very high number of single-person households and a small typical home size. It is a community where few people share their living space compared to other parts of Australia.
1.9
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- 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 Redfern — lower than 96% of areas.
| Redfern | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2016, NSW | 1.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Redfern holds just 1.9 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is driven by the fact that 42% of households are for one person, one of the highest rates for any similar area.
42.0% —
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Redfern, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families here are couples without children, making up 49% of the total. One-parent families make up 11.7%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.7% —
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Redfern, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (12%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Redfern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117031642/redfern/topic/family-households