2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southern Highlands · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Southern Highlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Typical household sizes in the Southern Highlands are around the middle for its level. Over half of the families here are couples with children, though there is a notable mix of smaller households and couples without children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Southern Highlands — lower than 71% of areas.
| Southern Highlands | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common at 38.8%, while 26.2% of residents live alone.
26.2% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Southern Highlands, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with only one parent make up 12.1% of the area, which is lower than most other areas and has fallen since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 52.6%.
12.1% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Southern Highlands, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Southern Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11402/southern-highlands/topic/family-households