2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 94% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sydney - City and Inner South · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Sydney - City and Inner South
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Sydney - City and Inner South than in the rest of the state. This area is defined by small living arrangements, with 36.6% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has remained steady over the last decade, making it one of the areas with the fewest people per home in the region.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Sydney - City and Inner South — lower than 94% of areas.
| Sydney - City and Inner South | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This small household size is driven by the high number of single-person homes, which rose to 36.6% by 2021.
36.6% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sydney - City and Inner South splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 44.0%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, at 10.8%, which is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
10.8% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Sydney - City and Inner South splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Sydney - City and Inner South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/117/sydney-city-and-inner-south/topic/family-households