2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pennant Hills - Epping · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Pennant Hills - Epping
How families and households are made up across the area.
The number of people living in each home has edged down slightly since 2011 to 2.8 in Pennant Hills - Epping. This area is now defined by large households and a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Pennant Hills - Epping — higher than 86% of areas.
| Pennant Hills - Epping | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 2.8 people per household. This is reflected in the fact that only 17.0% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
17.0% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pennant Hills - Epping, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 68.3%. One-parent families account for just 9.0%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
9.0% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pennant Hills - Epping, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Pennant Hills - Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12601/pennant-hills-epping/topic/family-households