2.3 —
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hornsby - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Hornsby - East
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone has shifted the household makeup of Hornsby - East since 2016. While over half of families here include children, the typical home now holds 2.3 people, which is lower than the national figure.
2.3
—
- 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 Hornsby - East — lower than 71% of areas.
| Hornsby - East | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2077, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households have risen to 30.8%, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%. This trend helps explain why the number of people per home has dropped from 2.5 in 2016 to 2.3 today.
30.8% —
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hornsby - East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.9%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0% and has barely changed since 2016.
12.9% —
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hornsby - East, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Hornsby - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121021577/hornsby-east/topic/family-households