1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Sydney - Lavender Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in North Sydney - Lavender Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 40% of people live alone in North Sydney - Lavender Bay, which is far more than the national figure. This creates a landscape of very small households, with the typical home holding fewer than two people.
1.9
→ 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 North Sydney - Lavender Bay — lower than 96% of areas.
| North Sydney - Lavender Bay | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2060, NSW | 1.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has just 1.9 people, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 2.6. This is reflected in the fact that 40.3% of residents live alone, which is far above the Australian average and has risen since 2011.
40.3% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Sydney - Lavender Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples without children, while 38.3% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 9.7% of the total, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the national figure.
9.7% ▲ +20.1%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Sydney - Lavender Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 38%.
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 North Sydney - Lavender Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121041417/north-sydney-lavender-bay/topic/family-households