2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield are couples with children, making them the dominant household type. This area typically sees more people sharing a home than most other similar places, though the number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield — higher than 57% of areas.
| Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 32.5% of households have two people, the proportion of people living alone has risen since 2011 to reach 25.8%.
25.8% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.9% of the total, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages. This is a slight decrease from 2011, when they accounted for 12.8% of families.
11.9% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12003/strathfield-burwood-ashfield/topic/family-households