2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shoalhaven · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Shoalhaven
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of people in Shoalhaven live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average. This contributes to the area having fewer people per home than most other parts of the country. The typical household here is small, with most containing only one or two people.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
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- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
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- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Shoalhaven — lower than 86% of areas.
| Shoalhaven | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.3, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5 and has barely changed since 2011. This is reflected in the local mix, where 40.5% of homes hold two people and 28.5% are single-person households.
28.5% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shoalhaven, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 46.3%.
15.6% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shoalhaven, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Shoalhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11401/shoalhaven/topic/family-households