2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Marys · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in St Marys
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are sharing each home in St Marys than in 2011, though households remain larger than in most other areas. The area is now home to 2.8 people per dwelling, a figure that sits slightly above the national average. This shift comes as the number of people living alone has risen to 20.8%.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 St Marys — higher than 86% of areas.
| St Marys | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes are larger than in most other areas, with 29.3% of households containing two people and 17.4% containing four. Only 20.8% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.8% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Marys, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.5% of the total, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 14%. This is among the highest rates for this type of family across similar areas.
19.5% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Marys, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; One-parent families is next at 19%.
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 St Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12405/st-marys/topic/family-households