2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Sydney - Mosman · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in North Sydney - Mosman
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in North Sydney - Mosman have remained steady since 2011, but the area is now marked by a very high number of people living alone. This is a region where smaller homes are common, with a typical household consisting of just over two people.
2.1
→ 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 North Sydney - Mosman — lower than 93% of areas.
| North Sydney - Mosman | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.6% of residents live alone, which is far above the state and national figures. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.1 people, one of the lowest counts for any similar area.
36.6% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Sydney - Mosman splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.7% of families, while one-parent families are well below the national average at 9.7%. This last figure has risen slightly by 0.9 percentage points since 2011.
9.7% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Sydney - Mosman, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 North Sydney - Mosman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12104/north-sydney-mosman/topic/family-households