3.6 —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Prestons · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Prestons
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Prestons holds 3.6 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This gap highlights a community where large households are the norm and living alone is very rare. Most residents live in family groups, with nearly three-quarters of homes including couples with children.
3.6
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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 Prestons — higher than 99% of areas.
| Prestons | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 2170, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With very few people living alone at 8.8%, Prestons has some of the lowest rates for single-person homes in the region. This helps explain why the area has such large households, as 38.6% of homes contain five or more people.
8.8% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Prestons, the largest group is 4 people at 28%, followed by 2 people (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 74.6% of the local family mix. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 13.3%, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
13.3% —
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Prestons, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; One-parent families is next at 13%.
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 Prestons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127031733/prestons/topic/family-households