3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Baulkham Hills · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Baulkham Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
A slight drop in average household size has seen Baulkham Hills move toward 3.0 people per home. It remains a strong family hub where the vast majority of households are couples with children. This area has far fewer people living alone compared to the rest of the state and country.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Baulkham Hills — higher than 93% of areas.
| Baulkham Hills | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.0 people per home, households here are a little larger than the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone at 13.5%, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
13.5% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Baulkham Hills splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 71.4% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 8.1%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
8.1% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Baulkham Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Baulkham Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11501/baulkham-hills/topic/family-households