2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Penshurst · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Penshurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Penshurst are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area has a mix of family life and a notably high number of people living on their own. This creates a diverse community where a typical home holds about 2.5 people.
2.5
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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 Penshurst — lower than 57% of areas.
| Penshurst | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2222, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28% of people in Penshurst live alone, which is higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. The most common household size is two people, making up 30.3% of all homes.
28.0% —
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Penshurst splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.5% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national average.
14.5% —
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Penshurst, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Penshurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119031667/penshurst/topic/family-households