2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northern Beaches · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Northern Beaches
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Northern Beaches are couples with children. This area follows national patterns closely, with a typical home hosting 2.5 people. While the general household size has remained steady, there has been a noticeable rise in the number of people living alone since 2011.
2.5
→ 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 Northern Beaches — lower than 57% of areas.
| Northern Beaches | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4818, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here have 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. About 23.6% of people live alone, a figure that has risen by 2.7 percentage points over the last decade.
23.6% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Northern Beaches, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.8% of families, while couples without children account for 34.2%. One-parent families represent 14.1% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure but slightly lower than the Queensland average.
14.1% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northern Beaches, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Northern Beaches [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021486/northern-beaches/topic/family-households