2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hurstville · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Hurstville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Hurstville, where 61.6% of families fit this description. The area is defined by larger households than most other places, with a typical home holding 2.8 people.
2.8
→ 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 Hurstville — higher than 86% of areas.
| Hurstville | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, and far fewer people live alone compared to the rest of Australia. About 29% of households consist of two people, while 21.8% are single-person homes.
21.8% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hurstville, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.1% of the total, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
13.1% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hurstville, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Hurstville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11903/hurstville/topic/family-households