2.1 —
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ultimo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Ultimo
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Ultimo live alone, which is far above the national rate. This creates a unique residential profile for the area, where small household sizes are the norm and single-person homes are very common.
2.1
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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 Ultimo — lower than 89% of areas.
| Ultimo | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2007, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ultimo holds only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is consistent with the 36.6% of residents who live alone, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 25%.
36.6% —
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ultimo splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up half of all families here, at 50.5%. This helps explain why one-parent families are less common in Ultimo at 10.9%, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.9% —
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ultimo, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 Ultimo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117031646/ultimo/topic/family-households