2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heathcote · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Heathcote
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living has risen to 32.4% in Heathcote, creating a household profile that is now much more likely to be small than in most other areas. This trend has shifted the community toward smaller homes, with the typical household now containing just 2.2 people.
2.2
→ 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 Heathcote — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.4% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Heathcote has 2.2 people, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
32.4% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Heathcote, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.1% of families here, while those without children account for 41.1%. One-parent families make up 11.2%, which is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
11.2% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Heathcote splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202021029/heathcote/topic/family-households