2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Ives · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in St Ives
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 70% of families in St Ives are couples with children, making it an area heavily focused on family life. This high proportion of families helps explain why homes here are larger than typical, with fewer people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.9
→ 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 St Ives — higher than 86% of areas.
| St Ives | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2075, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in St Ives are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6. Only 15.9% of people live alone, a rate well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
15.9% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Ives, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 8.2% of the total, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.2% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Ives, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 St Ives [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121031410/st-ives/topic/family-households