2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pittwater · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Pittwater
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Pittwater than in the rest of New South Wales, with only 20.7% of households being single-person homes. This creates a community where most people share their living space, resulting in larger-than-average households.
2.7
→ 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 Pittwater — higher than 79% of areas.
| Pittwater | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Pittwater holds 2.7 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the number of people living alone rose slightly since 2011, it remains well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.7% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pittwater, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 63.1%. One-parent families account for just 9.8%, a figure that is among the lowest at this level and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.8% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pittwater, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Pittwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12202/pittwater/topic/family-households