2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eastern Suburbs - South · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Eastern Suburbs - South
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Eastern Suburbs - South since 2011, a trend that helps explain why single-person homes are now more common here than in most other areas. This shift happens while the typical household size remains steady at 2.4 people, mirroring the state and national figures.
2.4
→ 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
- 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 Eastern Suburbs - South — lower than 71% of areas.
| Eastern Suburbs - South | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.2% of residents live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 34.2% of all homes.
28.2% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eastern Suburbs - South, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children form the largest group at 58.6%, while one-parent families make up 11.7%. This last figure is a little below the national average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
11.7% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eastern Suburbs - South, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Eastern Suburbs - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11802/eastern-suburbs-south/topic/family-households